Frank Esposito

Background

He was born in Bronx, New York, the fourth of five children of Frank R. Esposito and Mary Zecola Esposito.

Career

He also served four terms from 1981 to 1987 in the Connecticut House of Representatives, including as Assistant Majority Leader and Minority Leader. Esposito served in the United States. Army during the Korean War as a Sergeant 1st class. After being discharged, he learned about radio and television engineering at the Radio Corporation of America Institute in New New York

He worked for a time at the DuMont Television Network, and was the owner of a grocery store and delicatessen in Norwalk for over 25 years.

He then was elected to two terms on Norwalk"s Common Council. He served four terms from 1981 to 1987 in the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing Connecticut"s 137th assembly district, including as Assistant Majority Leader and Minority Leader.

In 1987, Esposito resigned from the legislature to run for mayor of Norwalk. Mayoral administration

Esposito"s seven terms from 1987 to 2001 was the longest mayoral administration in the city"s history.

He died on January 9, 2013 of cancer, and he was buried at Saint John"s Cemetery in Norwalk.

Achievements

• At the age of 12, he moved to Norwalk with his family and graduated from Norwalk High School in 1946 where he was an accomplished football player. His accomplishments as mayor included building a parking garage for rail commuters, raising the city"s bond rating to the top American Automobile Association, leading the effort for a $50 million upgrade to Norwalk"s sewage treatment plant, moving the Department of Public Work"s garage from Matthews Park to make room for a children"s museum and playground, designating a new site for the Norwalk Police Department, closing the conspicuously visible city dump, and supporting the creation of The Maritime Aquarium at a time when it wasn"t that popular.

Membership

Esposito began his political career in 1970, as an appointed member of the Norwalk Housing Authority.