Marcus Molinaro

Marcus J. Molinaro (born 1975), originally from Yonkers, New York, represents District 103 in the New York State Assembly. He is a Republican.

In 1994, when he was just 18, Molinaro was elected to the Tivoli Village Board of Trustees—making him the youngest person ever elected to office in the State of New York. The very next year, he became the youngest mayor in the United States. He was re-elected mayor five times and elected four times to the Dutchess County Legislature.

A graduate of Dutchess Community College, Molinaro is an active member of the Tivoli Fire Department and Rescue Squad. He resides in Red Hook with his wife Christy L. Cocker, a registered nurse in the OR at Northern Dutchess Hospital. He has one daughter, Abigail Faith and a son, Jack Henry.

Assembly Career

Elected to the New York State Assembly in 2006, Molinaro led the fight to preserve the Hudson River Valley Greenway and adopt sweeping budget and ethics reform legislation. He joined then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in sponsoring and adopting the “Government Consolidation and Citizen Empowerment Act.” He is the sponsor of several improvements to New York State’s Election Law, continues to oppose the MTA payroll tax and works to provide the necessary relief to revitalize our economy and improve our shared quality of life.

Marc was appointed by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb to serve as Assistant Assembly Minority Leader Pro Tempore. He was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve on his Transition Team and subsequently to serve as a member of the Governor’s Mandate Relief Redesign Team. The Assemblyman worked with the governor to pass a 2% property tax cap and sweeping ethics reform since the start of the Cuomo administration.

County Executive Campaign

Marc Molinaro officially announced his bid to succeed twenty-year Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus in May 2011. Under the slogan of, "Bold new leadership," Molinaro's vision for the county heading into the future included spending restraints and creating an environment for private sector businesses to grow. The campaign was endorsed by the Republican, Conservative, and Independence parties in Dutchess.

On June 3rd, two year Beekman supervisor Dan French was nominated as the Assemblyman's Democratic challenger. French pledged, "A new day in Dutchess County," after the Steinhaus administration. Endorsed by Steinhaus, Molinaro claimed that the county was not, "Broken," as French had put it, but offered that the last twenty years serve as an existing foundation to build on. He noted that Dutchess was in better economic condition than much of the state.

After an impressive showing in debates and fundraising, Molinaro won on November 8th, 2011 with 62% of the vote to French's 38%. The Executive-elect is now in the process of transitioning to his new seat.

External links

• Marc Molinaro Official campaign website.
• Environmental Questionnaire From League of Conservation Voters
• [1] Biography
• [2] County Executive Campaign Announcement
• [3] Election win

New York Assembly
Preceded by Patrick R. Manning	New York State Assembly, 103rd District 2007–2011	Succeeded by TBD
Political offices
Preceded by William Steinhaus	Dutchess County, New York Executive 2012–present	Incumbent