20 Facts About James Molinaro

James P Molinaro was born on March 11,1931 and is an American politician and a former borough president of Staten Island.

James Molinaro was born in the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Italian immigrants.

James Molinaro has three brothers and two sisters and has lived in the Staten Island neighborhood of Fort Wadsworth since 1964.

James Molinaro is a widower since 1990 when his wife of 28 years, Carol, died of complications relating to scleroderma.

James Molinaro served as chief of staff to Molinari when the latter was a congressman representing New York's 14th Congressional District.

James Molinaro has had two deputy borough presidents while in office.

James Molinaro was the chairman of the St Elizabeth Ann's Health and Rehabilitation Center which he helped to create.

In 1989, James Molinaro helped to establish Staten Island's first AIDS day care center and AIDS medical care facility.

Currently, James Molinaro serves on the board of the Heart Institute of Staten Island, a cardiac care facility.

James Molinaro is on the board of the Sisters of Charity Health Care Corporation.

In 1991, in memory of his late wife, James Molinaro helped dedicate a local dialysis unit in her name.

In 2012 James Molinaro called Stephani Germanotta a "slut" after a photo of her smoking a joint of marijuana during a concernt in Amsterdam was published, receiving widespread backlash.

James Molinaro has been critical of how Italian-Americans and Staten Island residents are both portrayed in the media.

Since entering Borough Hall, James Molinaro has aided in the allotment of nearly 100 million dollars to Park acquisition and maintenance.

James Molinaro was instrumental in bringing Visy Paper to Staten Island in 1997.

James Molinaro was involved in the 2007 restoration of a freight rail service, linking Staten Island to the rest of the nation by rail for the first time in 16 years.

James Molinaro has allotted $500,000 from his capital budget to purchase wireless laptop computers for all of Staten Island's Intermediate schools as well as many elementary schools.

James Molinaro has allocated $1,000,000 from Staten Island's capital budget for "electronic" blackboards for each public school on Staten Island.

James Molinaro has butted heads with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation over their refusal to open up currently unused former New York City Department of Sanitation roads within the landfill.

James Molinaro believes that with the opening of these roads congestion around the Richmond Avenue commercial district, which includes the Staten Island Mall would be alleviated.