Carl Paladino
Carl Pasquale Paladino (born August 24, 1946) is an American businessman and political activist. Paladino is the chairman of Ellicott Development Co., a real estate development company he founded in 1973.
Carl Paladino | |
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| Member of the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education from the Park district | |
| In office July 1, 2013 – August 17, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Lou Petrucci |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Flanagan-Priore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carl Pasquale Paladino August 24, 1946 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (2005–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic (before 2005) |
| Relatives | Brian Higgins (cousin-in-law) |
| Education | St. Bonaventure University (BA) Syracuse University (JD) |
| Website | paladinoforthepeople |
Paladino ran for Governor of New York in the 2010 election. He upset Rick Lazio in the Republican primary, but was defeated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo (63%–33%) in the general election. Paladino's candidacy was supported by the Tea Party movement and by residents of his native Western New York.
Paladino was elected to the South Buffalo seat on the Buffalo School Board in 2013, and was re-elected in 2016. In December 2016, the board condemned racist remarks that Paladino had made about President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and demanded that he resign. On August 17, 2017, following a public hearing, the New York State Education Department removed Paladino from his board seat for publicly disclosing confidential information obtained in executive session. Paladino was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for New York’s 23rd District in 2022 but narrowly lost in the Republican primary to Nick Langworthy.