Peter Vallone, Sr.

Peter Vallone, Sr.

Peter F. Vallone, Sr. is an American politician. Born on December 13, 1934, in New York City he attended Fordham University, where he received his BSS in 1956 and his LL.B. in 1959.

His father, Judge Charles J. Vallone (1901-1967) of the Queens County Civil Court, encouraged young Peter to broaden his horizons beyond the limited social interactions with other ethnic and religious groups than were encouraged in the pre-Vatican II era. As an Italian-American, he was chastised by orthodox Catholic Irish priests for consorting with non-Catholics and attending non-Catholic schools.Fact|date=January 2008

Vallone is a former Democratic New York City Councilman who represented Astoria, Queens from 1974 to 2001. During that period he emerged as the second most powerful official in the city government, after the mayor, when in an historic event, he became the city’s first Speaker of the City Council in 1986.Fact|date=January 2008

Vallone was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1998, and for Mayor in 2001. He currently teaches political science at Baruch College and his biography describing his years in government was published, entitled "Learning to Govern: My Life in New York Politics, From Hell Gate to City Hall". Vallone practices law in Astoria, Queens with his son Peter F. Vallone, Jr., who succeeded him in the City Council in 2002. His first cousin, Luigi Vallone, is the mayor of Prizzi, Sicily.

In 2005, Vallone endorsed Republican Michael Bloomberg for Mayor of New York City.

1998 NYS Democratic ticket

*Governor: Peter Vallone
*Lieutenant Governor: Sandra Frankel
*Comptroller: Carl McCall
*Attorney General: Eliot Spitzer
*U.S. Senate: Charles Schumer

Electoral history

*1998 election for Governor
**George Pataki (R) (inc.), 54%
**Peter Vallone (D), 33%
**Tom Golisano (I), 8%


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