John Ricottone
Republican · NY · President, Community Education Council 20
Community Education Council 20 president with an associate degree in criminal justice. He prioritizes public safety and lower living costs and taxes.
Where John Ricottone stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (2 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Anti-Corruption (4 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 2 support
Signed a national coalition letter calling for a five-year pause on student-facing generative AI across pre-K through grade 12.
April 16, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: fairplayforkids.org
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for a two-year pause on student-facing generative AI in pre-K through grade 8. It included disability-plan exceptions, parent consent and non-AI options. The vote was 10–2.
December 10, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for escalating school responses to youth vaping, beginning with education and cessation support. It also sought enforcement against student sellers and shops supplying minors. The vote was 9–0, with one abstention.
September 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 4 support
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to restore FIAO after-school sites and investigate youth-program procurement. It sought independent comptroller review, public scores, community input and appeals. The vote was 12–0.
June 10, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: docs.google.com
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for independent school-council election audits and transfer of election administration to the city Board of Elections. It passed 11–0.
May 14, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to restore free after-school funding and disclose state grant-scoring criteria. It passed 9–0.
August 14, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s demand to publish overdue school bullying reports within 30 days. The vote was 10–0.
February 7, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Sponsored a CEC 20 draft seeking age-based screen limits, student-data audits and privacy protections. It also sought paper testing options and funding for non-digital teaching materials.
October 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: docs.google.com
Voted for CEC 20 annual budgets from 2023 through 2026. The 2026 budget passed 11–0. In 2025, he backed a $25,000 plan and waived his $2,400 reimbursement. That plan passed 10–0.
July 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to restore free after-school funding and disclose state grant-scoring criteria. It passed 9–0.
August 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for escalating school responses to youth vaping, beginning with education and cessation support. It also sought enforcement against student sellers and shops supplying minors. The vote was 9–0, with one abstention.
September 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s request for staff emergency buttons, safety training and video recording starting one minute before activation. It passed 9–0, with one abstention.
October 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to transfer students responsible for bullying before moving victims. It also sought stricter responses to serious assaults and more prevention resources. The vote was 9–0.
February 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Criticized jail reforms he linked to repeat offending and urged school metal detectors at a city Charter Revision Commission hearing.
June 20, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyc.gov
Introduced and voted for CEC 20’s resolution calling for more school safety agents. It passed 9–0.
December 13, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s request for free, unlimited, year-round student OMNY rides regardless of school distance or yellow-bus eligibility. It passed 10–0, with one abstention.
February 11, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 15 support
Sponsored a CEC 20 draft seeking age-based screen limits, student-data audits and privacy protections. It also sought paper testing options and funding for non-digital teaching materials.
October 21, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: docs.google.com
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for mostly screened academic seats at new middle school K082. It also sought limited autism and reading-support seats without cuts to existing screened programs. The vote was 8–2.
September 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to restore FIAO after-school sites and investigate youth-program procurement. It sought independent comptroller review, public scores, community input and appeals. The vote was 12–0.
June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: docs.google.com
Signed a national coalition letter calling for a five-year pause on student-facing generative AI across pre-K through grade 12.
April 16, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: fairplayforkids.org
Submitted written testimony urging a citywide dyslexia school from elementary through high school. He sought trained staff and access from all boroughs.
February 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for a two-year pause on student-facing generative AI in pre-K through grade 8. It included disability-plan exceptions, parent consent and non-AI options. The vote was 10–2.
December 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for equal Summer Rising access for students with disabilities, clear admissions and appeals. It passed 9–1, with one abstention.
November 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: docs.google.com
Spoke at a Brooklyn rally to preserve gifted classes and expand access across communities.
October 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: worldjournal.com
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to include state English and math test scores in screened middle-school admissions. It passed 8–3.
May 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s request for optional geometry courses for qualified students in screened middle schools. It passed 9–0.
February 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to transfer students responsible for bullying before moving victims. It also sought stricter responses to serious assaults and more prevention resources. The vote was 9–0.
February 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to restore free after-school funding and disclose state grant-scoring criteria. It passed 9–0.
August 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s demand to publish overdue school bullying reports within 30 days. The vote was 10–0.
February 7, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to expand autism programs in District 20 elementary and middle schools. The resolution passed 8–0.
October 11, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s request for at least 36 more District 75 special-education seats and qualified support staff. It passed 9–0.
October 11, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for independent school-council election audits and transfer of election administration to the city Board of Elections. It passed 11–0.
May 14, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 4 support
Sponsored a CEC 20 draft seeking age-based screen limits, student-data audits and privacy protections. It also sought paper testing options and funding for non-digital teaching materials.
October 21, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: docs.google.com
Signed a national coalition letter calling for a five-year pause on student-facing generative AI across pre-K through grade 12.
April 16, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: fairplayforkids.org
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for a two-year pause on student-facing generative AI in pre-K through grade 8. It included disability-plan exceptions, parent consent and non-AI options. The vote was 10–2.
December 10, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s demand for student data-breach notices, identity protection and disclosure of data shared with vendors. It passed 8–0, with one abstention.
August 9, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Submitted written testimony urging a citywide dyslexia school from elementary through high school. He sought trained staff and access from all boroughs.
February 10, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for equal Summer Rising access for students with disabilities, clear admissions and appeals. It passed 9–1, with one abstention.
November 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to expand autism programs in District 20 elementary and middle schools. The resolution passed 8–0.
October 11, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s request for at least 36 more District 75 special-education seats and qualified support staff. It passed 9–0.
October 11, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for escalating school responses to youth vaping, beginning with education and cessation support. It also sought enforcement against student sellers and shops supplying minors. The vote was 9–0, with one abstention.
September 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: docs.google.com
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Received the Brooklyn Conservative Party’s endorsement for New York Assembly District 47 in the 2026 election.
June 22, 2026
Source: brooklynconservativeparty.com
Retired from the NYPD in August 2025 after more than 20 years of service.
March 20, 2026
Source: gonzaloduran.nyc
Received Gonzalo Duran’s endorsement for New York Assembly District 47.
March 20, 2026
Source: gonzaloduran.nyc
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s request for clear school phone-storage rules, parent notices and exemptions. It also sought a grace period before discipline. The vote was 9–0.
August 13, 2025
Source: docs.google.com
Sponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to let high-school juniors serve as nonvoting student members without prior elected leadership. It passed 10–0.
August 13, 2025
Source: docs.google.com
Elected president of Community Education Council 20. The council recorded seven votes for him.
July 9, 2025
Source: docs.google.com
Wrote to city officials opposing an EV charging station across from P.S./I.S. 104 and seeking further safety review.
May 24, 2025
Source: nypost.com
Received PLACE NYC’s endorsement for the 2025 Community Education Council 20 election.
April 26, 2025
Source: placenyc.org
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to approve Pearson’s five-year specialized-high-school admissions testing contract. The council resolution passed 10–1.
November 13, 2024
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call for four more years of mayoral school control with stronger council oversight. Reforms covered superintendent selection, vetoes and evaluations. The vote was 8–1.
March 13, 2024
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Cosponsored and voted for CEC 20’s call to narrow class-size limits to high-need, low-performing K–3 schools. It sought ten years to implement limits, no funding penalties and removal of union approval for exemptions. The vote was 8–1.
January 10, 2024
Source: docs.google.com
Voted for school-zone changes for new school K053. All eight CEC 20 members present voted yes.
November 8, 2023
Source: docs.google.com
Moved and voted for school-zone changes for new schools K676 and K322. All nine CEC 20 members present voted yes.
September 27, 2023
Source: docs.google.com
Past race John Ricottone ran in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 47 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 47; New York