1. Nick Wasicsko graduated from Gorton High School in Yonkers in 1977.
12 Facts About Nick Wasicsko
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Nick Wasicsko graduated from Manhattan College in 1981 with a degree in government and served for a year as a county police officer.
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Nick Wasicsko was admitted to the bar in New York and Connecticut.
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On Nov 3,1987, at the age of 28, Wasicsko defeated six-term Republican-Conservative incumbent Angelo R Martinelli, age 60, to become the youngest-ever mayor of Yonkers, and the youngest mayor in a major American city.
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Nick Wasicsko won by a margin of 1,466 votes of the 42,700 cast.
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Nick Wasicsko waged an aggressive battle to set in motion a housing desegregation plan for the city.
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Once out of office, Nick Wasicsko practiced law, taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and hosted a local radio talk show.
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Nick Wasicsko returned to elected office in 1992 as 2nd District councilman.
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Nick Wasicsko was found sitting against a tree on a grassy hill overlooking the grave of his father at Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers, New York, with a single gunshot wound in his head.
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Nick Wasicsko owned a licensed 38-caliber pistol, and the gun was found in his right hand.
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Nick Wasicsko married Nay Noe, a former secretary, on May 18,1991, at St Casimir's Church in Yonkers.
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Nick Wasicsko lived with his wife and mother in a gabled green Victorian house in Yonkers.