Education
Dutchess Community College.
Dutchess Community College.
Originally from Yonkers, New York, he is the current Dutchess County Executive. At age 19, he was elected as the mayor of Tivoli, New York, making him one of the youngest mayors to be appointed to office. He held this position from 1995 to 2007.
The Albany Times Union cited Molinaro as one of Albany"s "True Reformers."
Marcus Molinaro officially announced his bid to succeed twenty-year Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus in May 2011.
The campaign was endorsed by the Republican, Conservative, and Independence parties in Dutchess. On June 3, Beekman supervisor Dan French was nominated as the Assemblyman"s Democratic challenger.
He was sworn into office on January 1, 2012.
He served as a Republican member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2011.