Joe Saladino | |
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Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay | |
Assumed office January 31, 2017 | |
Preceded by | John Venditto |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 9th district | |
In office March 14,2004 –January 31,2017 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Raia |
Succeeded by | Christine Pellegrino |
Personal details | |
Born | Massapequa,New York,U.S. | March 28,1961
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Massapequa,New York,U.S. |
Alma mater | New York Institute of Technology (B.S.,M.S.) |
Joseph S. Saladino (born March 28,1961) is an American politician. He is the current Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County,New York. Saladino previously served as a member of the New York Assembly. He is a Republican.
Saladino was born in Massapequa,New York in the year 1961,and he graduated from Massapequa High School in 1979. [1] His mother,Jessie Saladino,was a teacher,and his father was the late Joseph J. Saladino,a former New York Supreme Court Justice. [2] [3] He attended Tulane University and the New York Institute of Technology;he received a masters degree in broadcast journalism from the latter. He graduated summa cum laude. [4]
After graduating,he worked in journalism for six years. Some places he worked at included WNYG (AM) and News 12 Long Island. He also had a brief stint working for the Town of Hempstead and Town of Oyster Bay as an assistant. [5]
After Steven L. Labriola was elected Town Clerk of Oyster Bay,on March 14,2004,Saladino was elected defeating his Democratic candidate William R. Funk. [6] He won later that year in the general election with about the same percentage,against the same person. [7] He won every election since with at least 2/3 of the vote. After representing Assembly District 12,he was redistricted into District 9 in 2012 and was elected to represent that district. [8]
In the State Assembly,he was a strong advocate for the passing of Megan's Law in New York,and introduced bills related to drug abuse prevention. [9]
After John Venditto resigned because he was facing federal corruption charges,the Town Board voted near-unanimously to appoint Saladino as Town Supervisor. He was sworn in by State Supreme Court Judge Stephen Bucaria on January 31,2017,and he immediately changed leadership around the executive. [10] Within the first month of being appointed,he merged the sanitation,recycling,engineering,highway,vehicle maintenance departments to form the Department of Public Works,reorganized the building department to increase efficiency,and created a Board of Ethics. [5] In the 2018 budget,he lowered spending,slashed the debt,and cut property taxes,something he has wanted done in the state government as well. [11]
Saladino won his first election as Supervisor in November 2017 with just under 52% of the vote in a five-way election,and in 2019 he received 58% of the vote,against his Town Clerk,James Altadonna,Jr. [12] He was re-elected in November 2023 against Democrat Jared Behr.
Saladino appeared on the April 5,2023 episode of AEW Dynamite to present a key to the city to All Elite Wrestling world champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman. [13]
Saladino is married,with three daughters. [14] Saladino has lived in Massapequa his entire life. [5]
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