A fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker, Josh was born-and-raised in a working-class neighborhood in Endicott where his mom worked in law enforcement and his dad, grandparents, and generations before them worked in the IBM and Endicott-Johnson plants. When the local factories closed, Josh saw his community struggle while Wall Street enjoyed soaring corporate profits.

Meet Josh

Josh and his wife, Monica, live in Ithaca with their two sons.

Josh Riley was born and raised in a working-class neighborhood in Endicott. He lives in Ithaca with his wife, Monica, and their two sons.

That experience has guided Josh’s career, inspiring him to always fight for the left-behind and counted-out. As a policy analyst at the Department of Labor, Josh worked to revitalize communities hurt by bad trade deals that shipped jobs overseas.

As general counsel to U.S. Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Josh helped pass bipartisan legislation to protect survivors of domestic violence and combat the opioid epidemic. He worked on legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act, and he led efforts to overturn Citizens United and end the influence of dark money in politics.

Later, as an attorney in private practice, Josh championed an effort in federal court to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment, which would make abortion access a constitutional right, and he helped veterans cut through red tape to access the benefits they’ve earned. Josh also filed bipartisan briefs in the U.S Supreme Court to strengthen our immigration system, protect survivors of domestic violence, and limit money in politics.

Josh Riley worked as an attorney in private practice. He previously served as general counsel to U.S. Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a policy analyst at the Department of Labor.

Josh worked as an attorney in private practice. He previously served as general counsel to U.S. Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a policy analyst at the Department of Labor.

ICYMI: RILEY CONVENES ROUNDTABLE ON UTILITY COSTS

BINGHAMTON, NY — Representative Josh Riley (NY-19) brought together local residents, business owners, and stakeholders to discuss rising utility costs and explore solutions to alleviate the financial burden on families.

US Congressman Josh Riley | Representing The 19th District of New York

Josh currently serves as the U.S. representative for New York’s 19th District.

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RILEY INTRODUCES BIPARTISAN BILL TO IMPROVE TRANSIT ACCESS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Josh Riley (NY-19) and Representative James Gallagher introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at improving transit access in rural communities. The legislation seeks to enhance transportation options for residents in underserved areas, ensuring that everyone has access to essential services and opportunities.

“Across upstate New York, healthcare workers are too often overworked and underpaid, while insurance companies and special interests make record profits. It’s a broken system that has to change,” said Riley. “I’m honored to be in the fight with 1199 SEIU to boost wages, strengthen worker protections, and ensure our caregivers get the respect they deserve.”

1199SEIU Endorses Riley for Congress

Introduced bipartisan legislation to improve transit access in rural and underserved communities.

Advocates for higher wages and stronger workplace protections for healthcare workers.

- Introduced bipartisan legislation to improve transit access in rural and underserved communities.
- Advocates for higher wages and stronger workplace protections for healthcare workers.

Economy

HOUSE PASSES RILEY BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON “TRANQ,” THE DEADLY SEDATIVE MAKING FENTANYL EVEN MORE LETHAL

Bipartisan legislation gives law enforcement new tools against xylazine traffickers while protecting veterinarians, addressing the growing crisis of fentanyl-related overdoses.

Supported bipartisan legislation giving law enforcement tools against xylazine traffickers while protecting veterinarians.

- Supported bipartisan legislation giving law enforcement tools against xylazine traffickers while protecting veterinarians.

Public Safety

“Women’s healthcare decisions are just that – women’s decisions, nobody else’s, and certainly not Marc Molinaro’s,” said Josh Riley. “I’ve fought for a woman’s right to choose, and I’ll do the same in Congress. Marc Molinaro is trying to take that right away.”

On Abortion, the Choice Is Clear

Josh championed an effort in federal court to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would make access to abortion a constitutional right. As counsel in the U.S. Senate, Josh was one of the lead attorneys on legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Following the Dobbs decision, Josh advocated for expanded access to abortion medication, and called on the Attorney General to fight back against extreme efforts to restrict women’s choice.

Supports abortion access and says women should make their own healthcare decisions.

Advocated for expanded access to abortion medication and called on the attorney general to oppose efforts restricting abortion access.

- Supports abortion access and says women should make their own healthcare decisions.
- Advocated for expanded access to abortion medication and called on the attorney general to oppose efforts restricting abortion access.

Healthcare

RILEY HELPS PASS BIPARTISAN BILL TO HOLD DATA CENTERS ACCOUNTABLE, LOWER UTILITY BILLS FOR UPSTATE NEW YORKERS

WASHINGTON, DC — With the support of Representative Josh Riley (NY-19), the U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill that holds data centers accountable for their energy consumption and aims to lower utility bills for residents in Upstate New York. This legislation is a significant step towards ensuring that utility costs remain manageable for families and businesses.

Unlike Molinaro, Democratic Congressional Candidate Josh Riley does not accept corporate PAC money, and he’s fighting for consumers. In a letter to regulators this summer, Riley urged the Public Service Commission to reject NYSEG’s proposed rate increase, arguing it would impose a substantial financial burden on folks across this congressional district, particularly seniors on fixed incomes.

Riley Opposes NYSEG's Proposed Rate Increase

Supported a bipartisan bill to hold data centers accountable for energy consumption and lower utility bills for Upstate New York residents.

Urged the Public Service Commission to reject New York State Electric and Gas's proposed rate increase, citing its financial burden on district residents.

- Supported a bipartisan bill to hold data centers accountable for energy consumption and lower utility bills for Upstate New York residents.
- Urged the Public Service Commission to reject New York State Electric and Gas's proposed rate increase, citing its financial burden on district residents.

Energy & the Environment

As of September 9, 2026, Josh Riley’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

I’m Josh Riley. Our neighborhoods have been sold out by greedy corporations and corrupt politicians. So I’m running for Congress with a promise: I’ll never take a dime of corporate PAC money. I support term limits. And I approve this message because I’ll take Birdsall Street’s values to Congress.

New TV Ad: Riley Highlights Upstate Roots, Refusal to Take Corporate PAC Money

“Congress needs more Upstate New York values and fewer career politicians cashing corporate checks,” said Riley. “I’ll never take a penny of corporate PAC money, and I’ll fight every day for communities like the one that raised me in West Endicott.”

Pledges not to accept corporate political action committee money.

- Supports term limits.
- Pledges not to accept corporate political action committee money.

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- Advocates for higher wages and stronger workplace protections for healthcare workers.

- Urged the Public Service Commission to reject New York State Electric and Gas's proposed rate increase, citing its financial burden on district residents.

A fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker, Josh was born-and-raised in a working-class neighborhood in Endicott where his mom worked in law enforcement and his dad, grandparents, and generations before them worked in the IBM and Endicott-Johnson plants.

Meet Josh | Josh Riley for Congress

As a policy analyst at the Department of Labor, Josh worked to revitalize communities hurt by bad trade deals that shipped jobs overseas. And after graduating from law school, Josh turned down offers on Wall Street to represent the American Academy for Pediatrics in a landmark civil rights lawsuit to help kids from low-income families get access to the healthcare they need.

Later, as an attorney in private practice, Josh championed an effort in federal court to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment, which would make abortion access a constitutional right, and he helped veterans cut through red tape to access the benefits they’ve earned.

Josh Riley previously worked as an attorney in private practice, as general counsel to U.S. Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as a representative for the American Academy of Pediatrics in a civil rights lawsuit, and as a policy analyst at the Department of Labor.

The Honorable Josh Riley was elected to serve as Representative of New York’s 19th Congressional District. Representative Josh Riley to be added to the rolls of the House upon executing the oath of office.

Taking the Oath of Office | US Congressman Josh Riley

Josh was elected to serve as representative for New York’s 19th Congressional District.

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:

* Taking regulators and the utility monopolies to court to block them from raising rates;
* Helping families save up to $400 a year on utility bills with straightforward home energy-efficiency upgrades;

Josh Riley for Congress | Issues (Policy Positions)

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:

* Taking regulators and the utility monopolies to court to block them from raising rates;
* Helping families save up to $400 a year on utility bills with straightforward home energy-efficiency upgrades;
* Banning foreign ownership of American utilities, because your money should stay in your pocket and our community, not line the pockets of corporate executives in Spain;

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:

* Helping families save up to $400 a year on utility bills with straightforward home energy-efficiency upgrades;
* Banning foreign ownership of American utilities, because your money should stay in your pocket and our community, not line the pockets of corporate executives in Spain;
* Blocking utility CEOs from paying themselves massive bonuses while raising rates on working people;

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:

* Banning foreign ownership of American utilities, because your money should stay in your pocket and our community, not line the pockets of corporate executives in Spain;
* Blocking utility CEOs from paying themselves massive bonuses while raising rates on working people;
* Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already;

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:

* Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already; and
* Stopping data centers from driving up energy bills by requiring Big Tech to pay for the grid upgrades instead of passing those costs on to Upstate families.

### CUTTING TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS

The Middle Class needs a tax cut; billionaires and big corporations don’t. Josh believes it is unacceptable that hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than janitors, and he believes the tax code should be reformed to be simpler, fairer, and less of a burden for working families.

Josh is fighting to put working people first by:

* Putting money back in the pockets of middle-class families by boosting the Child Tax Credit;
* Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already;
* Eliminating federal taxes on Social Security benefits, because Upstate seniors deserve every penny they’ve earned;

Josh is fighting to put working people first by:

* Putting money back in the pockets of middle-class families by boosting the Child Tax Credit;
* Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already;
* Eliminating federal taxes on Social Security benefits, because Upstate seniors deserve every penny they’ve earned;
* Making union dues and out-of-pocket work expenses 100% tax-deductible for all employees.

Josh is fighting to put working people first by:

* Eliminating federal taxes on Social Security benefits, because Upstate seniors deserve every penny they’ve earned;
* Making union dues and out-of-pocket work expenses 100% tax-deductible for all employees.

Josh Riley for Congress | 1199 SEIU Endorses Riley for Congress

Josh Riley for Congress | Riley Opposes NYSEG's Proposed Rate Increase

Plans to challenge utility regulators and monopolies to prevent utility-rate increases.

Supports home energy-efficiency upgrades to reduce household utility bills.

Supports banning foreign ownership of American utilities and limiting utility executives' bonuses during rate increases.

Supports requiring technology companies to pay for grid upgrades associated with data centers.

Supports tax cuts for middle-class families and tax-code reforms that raise taxes on billionaires and large corporations.

Supports expanding the Child Tax Credit, ending federal taxes on Social Security benefits, and making union dues and work expenses fully tax-deductible.

Advocates for higher wages and stronger workplace protections for health care workers.

Urged state regulators to reject New York State Electric and Gas's proposed rate increase.

- Plans to challenge utility regulators and monopolies to prevent utility-rate increases.
- Supports home energy-efficiency upgrades to reduce household utility bills.
- Supports banning foreign ownership of American utilities and limiting utility executives' bonuses during rate increases.
- Supports requiring technology companies to pay for grid upgrades associated with data centers.
- Supports tax cuts for middle-class families and tax-code reforms that raise taxes on billionaires and large corporations.
- Supports expanding the Child Tax Credit, ending federal taxes on Social Security benefits, and making union dues and work expenses fully tax-deductible.
- Advocates for higher wages and stronger workplace protections for health care workers.
- Urged state regulators to reject New York State Electric and Gas's proposed rate increase.

Josh is:

* Fighting for universal background checks to close dangerous loopholes and keep weapons out of the hands of individuals who pose a danger to themselves or others; and
* Backing common-sense safe storage laws to protect children by ensuring firearms are kept secure in residential homes.

Josh comes from a law enforcement family, so he knows first-hand the sacrifices our law enforcement and first responders make to keep our communities safe. Josh is adamantly opposed to proposals to “defund the police,” and he believes that public safety requires more resources, not fewer. Josh also believes that New York’s cashless bail policy needs to be changed to give judges more discretion and clearer criteria to apply to keep repeat and violent offenders off the streets.

He is delivering real results to back up our local police departments by:

* Securing $30M to help equip police departments in rural communities with life-saving bullet proof vests;
* Leading the fight against the opioid epidemic with a crackdown on fentanyl smuggling and support for evidence-based addiction treatment programs to help those impacted get on the path to recovery;
* Raising pay for federal correctional officers to ensure they receive fair compensation for doing dangerous, difficult work;

He is delivering real results to back up our local police departments by:

* Leading the fight against the opioid epidemic with a crackdown on fentanyl smuggling and support for evidence-based addiction treatment programs to help those impacted get on the path to recovery;
* Raising pay for federal correctional officers to ensure they receive fair compensation for doing dangerous, difficult work;
* Cracking down on organized retail theft rings to protect Upstate small businesses;

He is delivering real results to back up our local police departments by:

* Raising pay for federal correctional officers to ensure they receive fair compensation for doing dangerous, difficult work;
* Cracking down on organized retail theft rings to protect Upstate small businesses; and
* Expanding support for families of police officers and first responders who die or become disabled due to service-related illness or injuries.

He is delivering real results to back up our local police departments by:

* Cracking down on organized retail theft rings to protect Upstate small businesses; and
* Expanding support for families of police officers and first responders who die or become disabled due to service-related illness or injuries.

Supports universal firearm background checks and firearm safe-storage laws.

Opposes proposals to "defund the police" and supports changing New York's cashless bail policy to give judges more discretion.

Supports efforts against fentanyl smuggling and organized retail theft, evidence-based addiction treatment, and higher pay for federal correctional officers.

Supports assistance for families of police officers and first responders who die or become disabled from service-related illnesses or injuries.

- Supports universal firearm background checks and firearm safe-storage laws.
- Opposes proposals to "defund the police" and supports changing New York's cashless bail policy to give judges more discretion.
- Supports efforts against fentanyl smuggling and organized retail theft, evidence-based addiction treatment, and higher pay for federal correctional officers.
- Supports assistance for families of police officers and first responders who die or become disabled from service-related illnesses or injuries.

ON ABORTION, THE CHOICE IS CLEAR
Josh Riley will defend a woman’s right to choose. Marc Molinaro will take it away.

Josh Riley for Congress | On Abortion, the Choice is Clear

As counsel in the U.S. Senate, Josh was one of the lead attorneys on legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
Following the Dobbs decision, Josh advocated for expanded access to abortion medication, and called on the Attorney General to fight back against extreme efforts to restrict women’s choice.

“Women’s healthcare decisions are just that – women’s decisions, nobody else’s, and certainly not Marc Molinaro’s,” said Josh Riley.

He’s working to expand access to quality healthcare and lower costs by:

* Requiring insurance companies spend more of your premiums on care and less on overhead and corporate profit;
* Empowering Medicare to negotiate down the price of drugs for everyone, and capping out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000 per year;
* Expanding Medicare benefits to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for our seniors;

He’s working to expand access to quality healthcare and lower costs by:

* Empowering Medicare to negotiate down the price of drugs for everyone, and capping out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000 per year;
* Expanding Medicare benefits to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for our seniors;
* Surging resources to rural hospitals to help keep doors open and care close to home;

He’s working to expand access to quality healthcare and lower costs by:

* Expanding Medicare benefits to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for our seniors;
* Surging resources to rural hospitals to help keep doors open and care close to home;
* Promoting access to telehealth to ensure every Upstate family can see a doctor regardless of their zip code;

He’s working to expand access to quality healthcare and lower costs by:

* Surging resources to rural hospitals to help keep doors open and care close to home;
* Promoting access to telehealth to ensure every Upstate family can see a doctor regardless of their zip code;

Supports abortion access, including expanded access to medication abortion.

Supports requiring insurers to spend more premium revenue on care and allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices with a $2,000 annual out-of-pocket cap.

Supports expanded Medicare dental, vision, and hearing benefits, more resources for rural hospitals, and broader telehealth access.

- Supports abortion access, including expanded access to medication abortion.
- Supports requiring insurers to spend more premium revenue on care and allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices with a $2,000 annual out-of-pocket cap.
- Supports expanded Medicare dental, vision, and hearing benefits, more resources for rural hospitals, and broader telehealth access.

He’s protecting our clean air and water by:

* Forcing corporate polluters to pay for environmental cleanups they cause;
* Protecting the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases and combat climate change;
* Securing accurate and reliable data on clean energy manufacturing projects to promote investments in good-paying jobs of the future and push back on big-oil disinformation;

He’s protecting our clean air and water by:

* Protecting the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases and combat climate change;
* Securing accurate and reliable data on clean energy manufacturing projects to promote investments in good-paying jobs of the future and push back on big-oil disinformation;
* Safeguarding Upstate New York’s natural treasures, including the Delaware River Basin and Hudson River;

He’s protecting our clean air and water by:

* Securing accurate and reliable data on clean energy manufacturing projects to promote investments in good-paying jobs of the future and push back on big-oil disinformation;
* Safeguarding Upstate New York’s natural treasures, including the Delaware River Basin and Hudson River;
* Upgrading outdated water infrastructure to filter out toxic pollutants like PFAS;

Supports water-infrastructure upgrades to filter per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and expanded rural recycling infrastructure.

Supports requiring corporate polluters to pay for cleanups and preserving Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate greenhouse gases.

Supports reliable reporting on clean-energy manufacturing projects and protecting the Delaware River Basin and Hudson River.

- Supports requiring corporate polluters to pay for cleanups and preserving Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
- Supports reliable reporting on clean-energy manufacturing projects and protecting the Delaware River Basin and Hudson River.

Josh supports policies that:

* Confront threats posed by adversaries like Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea;
* Combat terrorism and the states that sponsor it;
* Secure America’s borders; and
* Use defense funds wisely and efficiently, always promoting American job creation first.

Josh supports policies that:

* Combat terrorism and the states that sponsor it;
* Secure America’s borders; and
* Use defense funds wisely and efficiently, always promoting American job creation first.

Josh supports policies that:

* Hire new border agents and ensure law enforcement has the resources they need to secure the border and stop and deter illegal immigration;
* Hire more immigration judges so asylum claims are processed quickly, fairly, and accurately;
* Halt the flow of fentanyl into the US by making long-overdue technological improvements at our ports of entry and expanding the number of fentanyl detection machines;

Josh supports policies that:

* Hire more immigration judges so asylum claims are processed quickly, fairly, and accurately;
* Halt the flow of fentanyl into the US by making long-overdue technological improvements at our ports of entry and expanding the number of fentanyl detection machines;
* Update visa programs to ensure our farmers and trades unions have access to labor; and

Josh supports policies that:

* Halt the flow of fentanyl into the US by making long-overdue technological improvements at our ports of entry and expanding the number of fentanyl detection machines;
* Update visa programs to ensure our farmers and trades unions have access to labor; and
* Reflect America’s values, including our tradition as a nation of immigrants and our identity as a nation of laws.

“The truth is that the Southern Border is an absolute disaster; our immigration system is completely broken; and Joe Biden, Marc Molinaro, and Career Politicians in Washington are failing us by refusing to fix it.

“For months, I’ve been calling on politicians from both parties – Joe Biden, Marc Molinaro, and Democrats and Republicans at every level – to get serious about solving the crisis at the border. Marc Molinaro rejected a bipartisan border deal because he thinks that exploiting the border crisis will help him save his 30-year political career, even if that jeopardizes the safety of our kids and our communities.”

Josh Riley for Congress | ICYMI: Josh Riley Holds Press Conference to Call Out Washington for Refusing to Address the Border

Supports policies to counter threats from Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea; combat terrorism; and use defense funding efficiently.

Supports hiring border agents and immigration judges, improving fentanyl detection at ports of entry, and updating visa programs for agricultural and trade workers.

Calls on officials from both parties to address conditions at the southern border.

- Supports policies to counter threats from Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea; combat terrorism; and use defense funding efficiently.
- Supports hiring border agents and immigration judges, improving fentanyl detection at ports of entry, and updating visa programs for agricultural and trade workers.
- Calls on officials from both parties to address conditions at the southern border.

Josh is fighting to safeguard our elections, uphold the rule of law, and make government work by:

* Fighting to restore the Voting Rights Act and guarantee that every voter can have their voice heard;
* Working to overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of politics for good;
* Ending partisan gerrymandering –because voters should choose their political leaders, not the other way around;

Josh is fighting to safeguard our elections, uphold the rule of law, and make government work by:

* Working to overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of politics for good;
* Ending partisan gerrymandering –because voters should choose their political leaders, not the other way around;
* Suspending pay for Congress during government shutdowns, so politicians face real consequences when they fail to do their jobs;

Josh is fighting to safeguard our elections, uphold the rule of law, and make government work by:

* Ending partisan gerrymandering –because voters should choose their political leaders, not the other way around;
* Suspending pay for Congress during government shutdowns, so politicians face real consequences when they fail to do their jobs; and
* Ensuring federal courts have the power to enforce their own rulings if the executive branch refuses to follow them, because no President is above the law.

So I’m running for Congress with a promise: I’ll never take a dime of corporate PAC money. I support term limits.

And I approve this message because I’ll take Birdsall Street’s values to Congress.

Josh Riley for Congress | NEW TV AD: Riley highlights Upstate roots, refusal to take corporate PAC money

Supports restoring the Voting Rights Act, overturning Citizens United, and ending partisan gerrymandering.

Supports restoring the Voting Rights Act, overturning Citizens United, ending partisan gerrymandering, suspending congressional pay during government shutdowns, and congressional term limits.

- Supports restoring the Voting Rights Act, overturning Citizens United, and ending partisan gerrymandering.
- Supports restoring the Voting Rights Act, overturning Citizens United, ending partisan gerrymandering, suspending congressional pay during government shutdowns, and congressional term limits.

He is delivering on that promise by:

* Helping recruit and train science and math teachers to boost STEM education in rural communities and ensure our students are prepared to compete in the global economy;
* Expanding access to arts and music programming so kids of all ages can explore their passions and creativity;
* Hiring more counselors and mental health professionals to give kids the support they need directly in the classroom;

He is delivering on that promise by:

* Expanding access to arts and music programming so kids of all ages can explore their passions and creativity;
* Hiring more counselors and mental health professionals to give kids the support they need directly in the classroom;
* Blocking extreme efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and strip funding from our local schools;

He is delivering on that promise by:

* Hiring more counselors and mental health professionals to give kids the support they need directly in the classroom;
* Blocking extreme efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and strip funding from our local schools;
* Promoting career and technical education (CTE) pathways as a member of the Bipartisan CTE Caucus—because a four-year degree should not be the price of admission to the Middle Class.

He is delivering on that promise by:

* Blocking extreme efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and strip funding from our local schools;
* Promoting career and technical education (CTE) pathways as a member of the Bipartisan CTE Caucus—because a four-year degree should not be the price of admission to the Middle Class.

Supports recruiting and training science and math teachers in rural communities and expanding arts and music programming.

Supports hiring more school counselors and mental health professionals and opposes efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

Promotes career and technical education pathways.

- Supports recruiting and training science and math teachers in rural communities and expanding arts and music programming.
- Supports hiring more school counselors and mental health professionals and opposes efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
- Promotes career and technical education pathways.

Later, as an attorney in private practice, Josh championed an effort in federal court to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment, which would make abortion access a constitutional right, and he helped veterans cut through red tape to access the benefits they’ve earned. Josh also filed bipartisan briefs in the U.S Supreme Court to strengthen our immigration system, protect survivors of domestic violence, and limit money in politics.

Josh and his wife, Monica, live in Ithaca with their two sons.

Josh Riley is originally from Endicott. He lives in Ithaca with his wife, Monica, and their two sons.

As general counsel to U.S. Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Josh helped pass bipartisan legislation to protect survivors of domestic violence and combat the opioid epidemic.

Josh Riley has worked as an attorney in private practice. He previously served as general counsel to U.S. Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee, represented the American Academy of Pediatrics in a civil rights lawsuit, and worked as a policy analyst at the Department of Labor.

# Representative Josh Riley (1981 - ) In Congress 2025 - Present |

## New York, District 19

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Josh currently serves as the U.S. Representative for New York's 19th District.

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### CUTTING TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS

The Middle Class needs a tax cut; billionaires and big corporations don’t. Josh believes it is unacceptable that hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than janitors, and he believes the tax code should be reformed to be simpler, fairer, and less of a burden for working families. Josh is fighting to put working people first by:

Josh Riley for Congress | Issues (policy-positions)

Josh is fighting to put working people first by:
  * Putting money back in the pockets of middle-class families by boosting the Child Tax Credit;
  * Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already;
  * Eliminating federal taxes on Social Security benefits, because Upstate seniors deserve every penny they’ve earned;

Josh knows that strong unions built a strong Middle Class. He served as a Policy Analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor, focusing on unemployment and job training programs. As an attorney in private practice, he represented workers whose rights were violated under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and as a Fellow on the U.S. Senate Labor & Pensions Committee, he fought for pro-labor legislation.
He believes we have to make it easier to join a union and harder to bust one, and is standing with organized labor by:
  * Fighting to pass the PRO Act to protect workers’ right to organize and penalize companies that union-bust;

He believes we have to make it easier to join a union and harder to bust one, and is standing with organized labor by:
  * Fighting to pass the PRO Act to protect workers’ right to organize and penalize companies that union-bust;
  * Ending stall tactics by requiring companies start contract negotiations within 10 days of a successful union vote;
  * Stripping corporate tax write-offs for companies that try to block union organizing efforts;

### Cracking Down on Price Gougers

When you go to the store, you should be able to count on fair prices. Instead, greedy corporations can charge whatever they want for essentials – even in a crisis when you need them the most. Josh’s Cracking Down on Price Gouging Act holds bad actors accountable when they try to exploit emergencies to rip people off, because no one should get rich by screwing over working people.

Bringing Down Costs | US Congressman Josh Riley

### Eliminating Taxes on Social Security

Our seniors have worked hard their entire lives, and every penny they received from Social Security is a penny they’ve earned. Josh’s You Earned It, You Keep It Act eliminates federal taxes on all Social Security benefits and puts money directly back into senior’s pockets.

Supports middle-class tax cuts and a simpler tax code that places less burden on working families.

Supports increasing the Child Tax Credit for middle-class families.

Advocates for passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act to protect union organizing and penalize union-busting.

Plans to require employers to begin contract negotiations within 10 days after a successful union vote.

Introduced the Cracking Down on Price Gouging Act to hold companies accountable for exploiting emergencies to raise prices.

Introduced the You Earned It, You Keep It Act to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits.

- Supports middle-class tax cuts and a simpler tax code that places less burden on working families.
- Supports increasing the Child Tax Credit for middle-class families.
- Advocates for passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act to protect union organizing and penalize union-busting.
- Plans to require employers to begin contract negotiations within 10 days after a successful union vote.
- Introduced the Cracking Down on Price Gouging Act to hold companies accountable for exploiting emergencies to raise prices.
- Introduced the You Earned It, You Keep It Act to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits.

He is delivering real results to back up our local police departments by:
  * Securing $30M to help equip police departments in rural communities with life-saving bullet proof vests;
  * Delivering millions to support first responders across Upstate New York, including $850,000 for a new police headquarters in East Greenbush, $1,015,000 to replace a deteriorating fire station in Guilford, $1,015,000 for a new fire house in West Athens, and $1,000,000 for a state-of-the-art public safety hub at Village Hall in Monticello.
  * Leading the fight against the opioid epidemic with a crackdown on fentanyl smuggling and support for evidence-based addiction treatment programs to help those impacted get on the path to recovery;

Josh believes we can keep vulnerable populations safe from gun violence while honoring law-abiding gun owners’ Second Amendment rights. Josh served as counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and he worked on common-sense legislation to keep communities safe. Josh is:
  * Fighting for universal background checks to close dangerous loopholes and keep weapons out of the hands of individuals who pose a danger to themselves or others; and
  * Backing common-sense safe storage laws to protect children by ensuring firearms are kept secure in residential homes.

Supports changing New York's cashless bail policy to give judges more discretion and clearer criteria for repeat and violent offenders.

Opposes proposals to “defund the police” and supports increased public-safety resources.

Supports cracking down on fentanyl smuggling and funding evidence-based addiction treatment programs.

Supports safe-storage requirements for firearms in residential homes to protect children.

- Opposes proposals to “defund the police” and supports increased public-safety resources.
- Supports cracking down on fentanyl smuggling and funding evidence-based addiction treatment programs.
- Supports safe-storage requirements for firearms in residential homes to protect children.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 26, 2023

ON ABORTION, THE CHOICE IS CLEAR
Josh Riley will defend a woman’s right to choose. Marc Molinaro will take it away.

On Abortion, the Choice Is Clear | Josh Riley for Congress

### Lowering Healthcare Costs

Healthcare should be a civil right, not something that forces families into bankruptcy or drives corporate profit. Josh is taking on Big Pharma with the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act, which will expand Medicare’s power to negotiate fair, affordable drug prices for everyone. And his Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act expands Medicare to cover the basic care seniors have been denied for too long.

Healthcare should be a civil right, not something that forces families into bankruptcy or drives corporate profit. Josh is taking on Big Pharma with the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act, which will expand Medicare’s power to negotiate fair, affordable drug prices for everyone. And his Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act expands Medicare to cover the basic care seniors have been denied for too long.

He’s working to expand access to quality healthcare and lower costs by:
  * Empowering Medicare to negotiate down the price of drugs for everyone, and capping out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000 per year;
  * Expanding Medicare benefits to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for our seniors;
  * Surging resources to rural hospitals to help keep doors open and care close to home;

He’s working to expand access to quality healthcare and lower costs by:
  * Expanding Medicare benefits to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for our seniors;
  * Surging resources to rural hospitals to help keep doors open and care close to home;
  * Promoting access to telehealth to ensure every Upstate family can see a doctor regardless of their zip code;

Supports abortion access, including access to abortion medication.

Introduced the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act to expand Medicare drug-price negotiation authority.

Introduced the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act to expand Medicare coverage for those services.

Supports expanding access to telehealth services.

- Supports abortion access, including access to abortion medication.
- Introduced the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act to expand Medicare drug-price negotiation authority.
- Introduced the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act to expand Medicare coverage for those services.
- Supports expanding access to telehealth services.

Utility bills are out of control. And while Upstate New Yorkers struggle just to keep the lights on, foreign-owned utility companies are raking in record profits and sending millions overseas. It’s robbery. Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:
  * Taking regulators and the utility monopolies to court to block them from raising rates;
  * Helping families save up to $400 a year on utility bills with straightforward home energy-efficiency upgrades;

Riley Opposes NYSEG’s Proposed Rate Increase | Josh Riley for Congress

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:
  * Taking regulators and the utility monopolies to court to block them from raising rates;
  * Helping families save up to $400 a year on utility bills with straightforward home energy-efficiency upgrades;
  * Banning foreign ownership of American utilities, because your money should stay in your pocket and our community, not line the pockets of corporate executives in Spain;

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:
  * Helping families save up to $400 a year on utility bills with straightforward home energy-efficiency upgrades;
  * Banning foreign ownership of American utilities, because your money should stay in your pocket and our community, not line the pockets of corporate executives in Spain;
  * Blocking utility CEOs from paying themselves massive bonuses while raising rates on working people;

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:
  * Banning foreign ownership of American utilities, because your money should stay in your pocket and our community, not line the pockets of corporate executives in Spain;
  * Blocking utility CEOs from paying themselves massive bonuses while raising rates on working people;
  * Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already;

Josh is working to hold utility companies accountable and lower your bills by:
  * Lowering your monthly energy bills by making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible, because things are expensive enough already; and
  * Stopping data centers from driving up energy bills by requiring Big Tech to pay for the grid upgrades instead of passing those costs on to Upstate families.

Plans to challenge utility regulators and monopolies in court to block rate increases.

Plans to help families lower utility bills through home energy-efficiency upgrades.

Plans to ban foreign ownership of U.S. utilities.

Plans to bar utility chief executive officers from receiving large bonuses while raising customer rates.

Plans to require large technology companies to pay for grid upgrades associated with data centers.

- Plans to challenge utility regulators and monopolies in court to block rate increases.
- Plans to help families lower utility bills through home energy-efficiency upgrades.
- Plans to ban foreign ownership of U.S. utilities.
- Plans to bar utility chief executive officers from receiving large bonuses while raising customer rates.
- Plans to require large technology companies to pay for grid upgrades associated with data centers.

Worked on legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act and led efforts to overturn Citizens United and end dark money in politics.

Josh is a proud product of Upstate New York’s public schools, and he wants every child to have the great education and opportunities he had. He is delivering on that promise by:
  * Helping recruit and train science and math teachers to boost STEM education in rural communities and ensure our students are prepared to compete in the global economy;
  * Expanding access to arts and music programming so kids of all ages can explore their passions and creativity;

Josh is a proud product of Upstate New York’s public schools, and he wants every child to have the great education and opportunities he had. He is delivering on that promise by:
  * Expanding access to arts and music programming so kids of all ages can explore their passions and creativity;
  * Hiring more counselors and mental health professionals to give kids the support they need directly in the classroom;
  * Blocking extreme efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and strip funding from our local schools;

Josh is a proud product of Upstate New York’s public schools, and he wants every child to have the great education and opportunities he had. He is delivering on that promise by:
  * Hiring more counselors and mental health professionals to give kids the support they need directly in the classroom;
  * Blocking extreme efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and strip funding from our local schools; and
  * Promoting career and technical education (CTE) pathways as a member of the Bipartisan CTE Caucus—because a four-year degree should not be the price of admission to the Middle Class.

Supports recruiting and training science and math teachers for rural communities.

Supports hiring more school counselors and mental health professionals.

Opposes efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and reduce funding for local schools.

- Supports recruiting and training science and math teachers for rural communities.
- Supports hiring more school counselors and mental health professionals.
- Opposes efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and reduce funding for local schools.

A fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker, Josh was born-and-raised in a working-class neighborhood in Endicott where his mom worked in law enforcement and his dad, grandparents, and generations before them worked in the IBM and Endicott-Johnson plants. When the local factories closed, Josh saw his community struggle while Wall Street enjoyed soaring corporate profits.

Josh and his wife, Monica, live in Ithaca with their two sons.

Josh Riley was born and raised in Endicott. He lives in Ithaca with his wife, Monica, and their two sons.