Carl Paladino
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Carl Pasquale Paladino[2] (born August 24, 1946) is an American businessman and political activist. Paladino is the chairman of Ellicott Development Co., a real estate development company he founded in 1973.[3]
Carl Paladino | |
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Member of the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education from the Park district | |
In office July 1, 2013 – August 17, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Lou Petrucci |
Succeeded by | Catherine Flanagan-Priore |
Personal details | |
Born | Carl Pasquale Paladino (1946-08-24) August 24, 1946 (age 77) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Republican (2005–present) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (before 2005) |
Relatives | Brian Higgins (cousin-in-law)[1] |
Education | St. Bonaventure University (BA) Syracuse University (JD) |
Website | paladinoforthepeople |
Paladino ran for Governor of New York in the 2010 election. He upset Rick Lazio in the Republican primary, but was defeated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo (63%–33%) in the general election. Paladino's candidacy was supported by the Tea Party movement[4] and by residents of his native Western New York.
Paladino was elected to the South Buffalo seat on the Buffalo School Board in 2013, and was re-elected in 2016. In December 2016, the board condemned racist remarks that Paladino had made about President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and demanded that he resign.[5] On August 17, 2017, following a public hearing, the New York State Education Department removed Paladino from his board seat for publicly disclosing confidential information obtained in executive session.[6] Paladino was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for New York’s 23rd District in 2022 but narrowly lost in the Republican primary to Nick Langworthy.