Bob Capano, longtime executor of Congressman Vito Fossella’s Bay Ridge office, has officially announced his candidacy for the 46th district Assembly seat against Democratic incumbent – Alec Brook-Krasney.

Capano, wh0′s enjoys the backing of the Kings County Republican party, is being touted as a ‘lifelong community leader’, who will: ‘reform the dysfunctional ways of Albany and serve as a strong and independent voice for our community,” said Chairman Craig Eaton of the Brooklyn Republican Party.

The highly gerrymandered 46th District is comprised of random clusters of Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island.

Jerry Kassar, Chairman of the Brooklyn conservative Party, said Capano is a lifelong community leader who ‘will fight for conservative values in Albany. Kassar took a swipe at Brook-Krasney, calling him a ‘rubber stamp liberal.

In addition to being Congressman Fossella’s aide-de-camp, Capano is chairman of the Brooklyn Young Republicans, and president of the 68th Precinct Youth Council.

Capano’s run for the 46th AD seat all but assures Golden’s Press Secretary, John Quaglione, as the likely Republican nominee in the upcoming City Council election.