Mike Reilly

Mike Reilly is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 62nd District, which covers the South Shore of Staten Island and parts of the Mid-Island. He was elected on November 6, 2018, and the Assembly identifies him in its own releases as running on the Republican and Conservative lines.

Before the Assembly

Reilly enlisted in the United States Army Reserve before joining the New York City Police Department, where he served for twelve years and retired as a Lieutenant from Brooklyn’s 90th Precinct.

In 2009 he became a volunteer member of Community Education Council 31, the parent council covering Staten Island’s school district, where his stated focus was accountability and transparency in New York City public schools. He served as the council’s President for four years, from 2014 until his election to the Assembly in 2018, and used the position to advocate for traffic safety around school zones. He has also volunteered on the Staten Island YMCA’s Board of Managers and coached in its youth baseball league.

Legislative Work

The Assembly currently lists him on the Committees on Codes, Education, Ethics and Guidance, Governmental Employees, Higher Education, and Rules. His official biography, which reflects an earlier session, records him as Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Cities and a member of Codes, Education, Governmental Employees, Higher Education, and Housing.

His sponsored bills cluster in three areas the Assembly’s own legislation index makes visible:

• School safety — A04663, which would establish a New York state school safety and security act; A05992, requiring New York City to establish a school safety fund; and A03752, expanding the monitoring of student incidents within the online occurrence reporting system.
• Veterans and first responders — A03751, directing that the Eltingville transit center be renamed the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans’ Memorial Transit Center; A04110, on veterans’ real property tax exemptions in New York City; A04112, providing free state park use for certified first responders who worked the World Trade Center rescue effort; and A04125, establishing POW-MIA license plates and an awareness fund.
• Transportation and tolls — A09070, a toll payer advocacy and relief act; A10825, a personal income tax credit for certain tolls; A10916, a public transportation safety grant program and fund; and A05410, authorizing commercial vehicle use of the Korean War Veterans Parkway in Richmond County.

His official biography states his priorities as education and transportation, school and community program funding, the state’s opioid crisis, support for law enforcement, and public safety.

Response to the 2025 Young Republicans Telegram Leak

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans, worked in Reilly’s office as chief of staff for more than five years. After POLITICO published leaked Telegram messages from a group chat created for Giunta’s campaign for the Young Republican National Federation chairship, Reilly said on October 15, 2025: “The comments shared in the group chat that have been reported are extremely troubling and disappointing. They do not align with my values. As a result, Mr. Giunta’s assignment in my office has ended.”

What Is Not Established Here

This audit removed the following for want of a source that met the project’s standard:

• The year of first election. The page said Reilly “was first elected to the Assembly in 2020.” The Assembly’s own biography says November 6, 2018. Corrected.
• Committee assignments on banks and veterans’ affairs. Neither appears on the Assembly’s current committee page nor in his official biography. Removed; the sourced roster replaces it.
• “Anti-fentanyl initiatives.” No fentanyl bill appears in his sponsored legislation. His biography names the opioid crisis as a stated priority, which is what the page now says instead.
• The entire “Digital Outreach” section. The claims that he livestreams town halls, coordinates volunteer deployments with Staten Island Republican clubs, and uses digital updates to mobilize supporters for campaign events and hearings had nothing behind them. No source was found for any of it.
• primaryPlatforms: ["twitter-x", "facebook"]. The Assembly’s member, biography and contact pages carry no social media links, and no account could be confirmed as his — facebook.com returned errors to every request. The field was removed rather than left asserted.
• The collaborates-with connection to the New York State Young Republicans, described as partnering “to develop campaign volunteers and youth outreach.” Nothing supports a working relationship between Reilly and that organization. His only documented link to it is that a person who chaired it was employed in his office, which the Giunta connection already records.
• Birth year. Wikipedia gives 1973; no underlying source was followed to it, so no birthYear was added.
• “Focuses on public safety, education oversight, and veterans services” as the project’s own characterization of his focus. The page now attributes stated priorities to his official biography and otherwise describes bills he actually sponsors.

The Hill’s original article at thehill.com refused automated requests and web.archive.org returned 503 for every playback attempt during this session; the Yahoo News republication of the same article was used instead and is cited as such.