Arnaldo Ferraro
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Arnaldo A. Ferraro (born September 3, 1936, in Mascalucia, Sicily), is an American politician from New York.
Biography
He was born on September 3, 1936, in Italy, in Mascalucia, a small town in Sicily near Catania. He emigrated to the United States in 1961 and later founded the Fiorello LaGuardia Republican Organization and the National Federation of Italian-American Societies.[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=54083 Ferraro, Arnaldo A.] He graduated B.S. from Fordham University, and is also a Ph.D.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (49th D.) in 1985 and 1986. In November 1986, he ran for re-election but was defeated by Democrat Peter J. Abbate Jr. He was the first italian deputy in Albany.
More recently, Ferraro ran for Chairman of the Kings County Republican Committee in 2009. He resides in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn with his wife Gina.{{cite web| url=http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/component/content/article/64/1617-dr-arnaldo-ferraro-declares-bid-for-brooklyn-republican-party-chairman.html |title=Dr. Arnaldo Ferraro Declares Bid for Brooklyn Republican Party Chairman |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018095147/http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/component/content/article/64/1617-dr-arnaldo-ferraro-declares-bid-for-brooklyn-republican-party-chairman.html |archivedate=October 18, 2009 |accessdate=February 9, 2015| date=September 26, 2009 |publisher=Arnaldo Ferraro for Brooklyn Republican Party Chairman}}
References
External links
- {{YouTube|user=FerraroForGOPChair|title=Ferraro}}
- [http://www.laguardiarepublicanclub.org/aboutaf.htm Bio on the LaGuardia Club Website]
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Category:Italian emigrants to the United States
Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Politicians from Brooklyn
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Fordham University alumni
Category:People from Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
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