Nicholas A. Spano | |
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Member of the New York State Senate from the 35th district | |
In office January 1, 1987 –December 31, 2006 | |
Preceded by | John E. Flynn |
Succeeded by | Andrea Stewart-Cousins |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 83rd district | |
In office January 1,1983 –December 31,1986 | |
Preceded by | George Friedman |
Succeeded by | Terence M. Zaleski |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 87th district | |
In office January 1,1979 –December 31,1982 | |
Preceded by | Thomas J. McInerney |
Succeeded by | Peter M. Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] [2] Yonkers,New York,U.S. | May 21,1953
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Linda Spano |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Mike Spano (brother) Leonard Spano (father) |
Residence(s) | Yonkers,New York,U.S. |
Alma mater | Iona College |
Profession | Politician,commercial real estate agent,lobbyist |
Website | Official website |
Nicholas A. Spano (born May 21,1953) is a lobbyist and Republican politician from New York. He served in the New York State Assembly and New York Senate.
Spano's paternal grandfather,also named Nicholas,emigrated with two brothers from the Italian province of Bari to the United States in 1918. [2] Spano's father Leonard ran for public office in 1967,employing his son Nicholas in door-to-door campaigning. [2] After losing in 1967,Leonard became a county legislator in 1971,an office he held until 1993 when he was elected to the job of Westchester county clerk. [2]
Nicholas Spano grew up in Yonkers as the oldest of 16 children of Leonard and Josephine Spano; [1] He is a graduate of St. Peter's Elementary School in Yonkers and Iona College in New Rochelle,New York. He and his wife Linda reside in Yonkers. [1] Spano has two children,Lenny and Christina. [1]
Spano entered politics as a Republican. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1979 to 1986,sitting in the 183rd,184th,185th and 186th New York State Legislatures.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1987 to 2006,sitting in the 187th,188th,189th,190th,191st,192nd,193rd,194th,195th and 196th New York State Legislatures.
He represented Yonkers and surrounding areas in the Legislature. During his state senate career he served on the Rules,Transportation,Finance,Education,Health,and Racing,Gaming,and Wagering committees,chaired the Senate Investigations Committee,as was the Senior Assistant Majority Leader.[ citation needed ]
In 2004,Spano won re-election by only 18 votes after facing a serious challenge by Westchester County Legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. [3] During his run for re-election in 2006,Stewart-Cousins ran against him again,this time with the support of Democrats Bill Clinton,Hillary Clinton,Eliot Spitzer,David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo. Spano lost the rematch; [3] he conceded defeat on November 16,2006.
Spano subsequently become involved in commercial real estate [4] [5] as well as lobbying state and local governments in New York through Empire Strategic Planning,a firm he established after his defeat. [6]
The lobbying firm came under fire in 2023 during the re-election campaign of Nicholas Spano’s brother,Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano. Calls for investigation around nepotism and corruption were centered around Empire Strategic Planning’s business before the city. [7]
In 2012,Spano was indicted for federal income tax evasion. Spano pleaded guilty to a single felony count. He admitted that he underreported his income —$42,419 in federal income taxes and $10,605 in state taxes —from 2000 to 2008. He was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. [8] [9]
In 1990,Spano recommended a boycott of Sinéad O'Connor's concert in Saratoga Springs as retaliation against her choice to skip over the US national anthem at a Madison Square Garden concert some days prior. [10]
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Nicholas, now 42, and Michael, 32, were both Republican district leaders in Yonkers at 18. Nicholas won his bid for the Assembly at 25.
Former President Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo all made their pitch for Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who lost by 18 votes to Senator Nicholas Spano in 2004.
At a press conference in Yonkers this morning, Spano was introduced as the latest addition to Prudential Rand's Commercial Services division. Spano, who received his real estate license a week ago, described his new job as an outgrowth of his work in the Senate.
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