Former Democratic New York state Senator Alessandra Biaggi has been slammed after complaining about her student debt, despite owning a $1.14 million home.
Biaggi had taken to social media on Friday to discuss the student loans she amassed during law school.
She tweeted: ‘In 2012, I graduated from Fordham Law School with $180,000 is student loan debt.
‘I’ve been paying loans for 11 years. Even paid two of them off completely. In 2023, my balance is $206,000.’
Her tweet came almost exactly one year after it was reported that her and her husband had purchased a home in ritzy Bedford worth $1.14 million.
Her grandfather is famed New York Democrat Mario Biaggi who represented the Bronx for ten terms, she represented the same area during her tenure in the state senate.
Mario ended up ion prison in the late 1980s after a wave of corruption scandals which saw him convicted of 15 felonies.
Biaggi tweeted following the decision from the Supreme Court to strike down President Biden’s student loan-forgiveness plan.
President Biden had hoped to wipe the student loans of sixteen million people who applied for the program and been approved.
The 36-year-old, and her husband, Nathaniel Koloc, purchased the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in the upscale suburban area Bedford in July 2022.
According to an article on the pair’s relationship in the New York Times, they were married in 2019 and counted former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton among their guests. The pair both worked on the former New York senator’s failed 2016 run.
The New York Post had reported that the house was a significant upgrade on Biaggi’s previous residence, a $691,006 condo in Pelham, New York, where she was registered to vote.
On social media, Biaggi was ridiculed for her tweet with users pointing out she should have paid off her loans before buying the home in Bedford, New York.
One person said she should seek out money expert Dave Ramsey, commenting: ‘You need Dave Ramsey, not Joe Biden.’
Another posted: ‘You signed the loan agreement. Didn’t you read it?’
One other said: ‘So you made choices and you’re dissatisfied with the consequences.
‘Okay, but this still isn’t anyone else’s financial responsibility but your own. You could have gone to a cheaper school. But you made your choices. Don’t run away from them.’
In response, Biaggi tweeted: ‘It may slightly upset the peanut gallery to learn that I don’t even qualify for loan forgiveness & can afford to pay these loans.
‘But many aren’t so privileged. So for those whose who qualify, may your loans be swiftly cancelled!’
Biaggi also told DailyMail.com: ‘I don’t feed the ignorant trolls who can’t comprehend the fact that I don’t qualify for loan forgiveness but want it for others.’
