As Republicans have found recent electoral success in New York, the party is once again trying to capture statewide office, this time with Mike Sapraicone’s challenge to US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Sapraicone, a native of Richmond Hill, Queens, is a political newcomer. He served in the NYPD for two decades, retiring in 2000 as a detective, according to his campaign website. Since leaving the department, he founded and operated a private security firm — Squad Security — that operates globally and employs 600 current and retired law enforcement personnel.
