Guy Molinari

Guy Victor Molinari (born 1928) is a former United States Representative and borough president of Staten Island, New York.

Political career

He became a Republican member of the New York State Assembly in 1974, serving until 1980. He was a delegate to the New York State Republican conventions in 1979 and the Republican National Convention in both 1980 and 1984. He was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1981, until his resignation December 31, 1989, to become borough president of Staten Island for the four-year term beginning the same day. He served as borough president from 1990-2001. He is a resident of Staten Island.

While in Congress, he was the only member of the New York delegation to vote against the Martin Luther King holiday. In 1994, he held a press conference to announce that Karen Burstein was not eligible to be New York State Attorney General because she was a lesbian.