Background
Vitaliano, Eric Nicholas was born on February 27, 1948 in S.I., New York, United States.
Vitaliano, Eric Nicholas was born on February 27, 1948 in S.I., New York, United States.
AB, Fordham College, 1968; Juris Doctor cum laude, New York University, 1971; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1977.
Judge Vitaliano received a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham College in 1968 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1971. After law school, Vitaliano clerked for United States District Judge Mark A. Constantino of the Eastern District of New York, and worked for seven years for the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. In 1997, he ran for Congress in 13th District, but was defeated by Republican Vito Fossella.
In November 2001, Vitaliano was elected to the New York City Civil Court.
In 2005, he was recommended to the Eastern District bench by Senator Charles Schumer. Vitaliano was officially nominated to the court by President George West. Bush on October 6, 2005, to the seat vacated by Arthur Doctorate. Spatt, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2005, and received his commission on January 19, 2006.
In July 2011, wide attention came to his injunction that essentially nullified a set of decisions by the federal, state and city governments over the last years, which had removed two historic buildings from classification as federally designated parkland. One, the Tobacco Warehouse, a Civil War-era structure in Dumbo, was on the verge of conversion to the new home of Brooklyn"s leading theater company.
Judge Vitaliano held it was “crystal clear” that the National Park Service and others had exceeded their authority.
Co-founder Citizens Against Bus Exhaust. Co-founder Bodine Creek Civic Association. Former parish chairman Cardinal's Archdiocesan Appeal.
Member Democratic Committee Richmond County, New York. Past president New York Conference Italian-American StateLegislators. Past advisory Assumption Council, Knights of Columbus.
Member American Bar Association, KC (past advocate Assumption county S.I.), Order of Coif.
M. Helen M. Fleming, September 9, 1983. Children: Michael, Emma, Abigail.