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Joseph A. Mascia
Joseph A. Mascia was a 2015 Democratic candidate for Fillmore District of the Buffalo Common Council in New York. The general election took place on November 3, 2015.
He was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 149 of the New York State Assembly. While he lost the Democratic nomination, he appeared on the ballot for the Conservative Party.
Biography
Mascia is a member of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.[1]
Elections
2015
The city of Buffalo, New York, held elections for city council on November 3, 2015. A primary election took place on September 10, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 23, 2015.[2] In the Fillmore District race, incumbent David A. Franczyk defeated Samuel A. Herbert and Joseph A. Mascia in the Democratic primary.[3] Franczyk defeated David P. Howard (I) in the general election.[4]
| Buffalo City Council Fillmore District, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  David A. Franczyk Incumbent |
80.1% | 1,743 | |
| Independent | David P. Howard | 19.9% | 420 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 2,163 | |||
| Source: Erie County Board of Elections, "2015 general election results," accessed December 7, 2015 | ||||
| Buffalo City Council, Fillmore District Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
David A. Franczyk Incumbent |
55.1% | 621 | ||
| Samuel A. Herbert | 27.7% | 312 | ||
| Joseph A. Mascia | 13.9% | 157 | ||
| Write-in votes | 3.4% | 38 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,128 | |||
| Source: Eerie County Board of Elections, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed September 10, 2015 | ||||
2012
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012
Mascia ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 149. He was defeated by Kevin P. Gaughan and District 144 incumbent Sean M. Ryan in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. Mascia also ran unopposed on the Conservative Party ticket and was defeated by Sean M. Ryan in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sean Ryan Incumbent |
82.8% | 35,855 | |
| Conservative | Joseph A. Mascia | 17.2% | 7,431 | |
| Total Votes | 43,286 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Sean Ryan Incumbent |
64.5% | 5,135 |
| Kevin Gaughan | 28.6% | 2,274 |
| Joseph Mascia | 6.9% | 549 |
| Total Votes | 7,958 | |
Noteworthy events
Mascia under fire after using racial slurs (2015)
In July 2015, The Buffalo News obtained a recording of Joseph Mascia talking to Paul Christopher, a former employer. Christopher secretly taped his conversation with Mascia while they were riding in a car together. In the recording, Mascia used racial slurs eight times in reference to black local and state politicians. He mentioned Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Council President Darius G. Pridgen, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority Executive Director Dawn Sanders-Garrett.[8]
Mascia apologized for the slurs, saying it was out of character for him. "I can’t believe a person who is a friend would make a tape like that. … But I have no excuses. I should not have said those things," he said. Despite pressure to drop out of the council race, Mascia said he still intended to run. Mascia's campaign manager, Katrinna Martin, who is black, said, "Joe needs to make special amends and personal apologies to every political person he mentions there," but that she "continue[s] to stand up for him because he stands up for the poor and minority people who live in public housing."[8]
In August, Mayor Byron Brown suspended Masica from his position on the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, saying that he violated the authority's Personnel Policy and Code of Ethics. Mascia said he planned to challenge the suspension.[1]
| “ | You know who can remove me? The people. If they decide next May that they don't want to have me as a commissioner they can elect someone else. But until that happens I'm going to stay and I feel I can't be removed as a commissioner and we're going to file our papers out objection to what they've done.[9] | ” |
| —Joe Mascia[1] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo, New York municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Time Warner Cable News, "Joe Mascia Suspended from BMHA," August 25, 2015
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2015 Official Political Calendar," accessed May 19, 2015
- ↑ Eerie County Board of Elections, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ Erie County Board of Elections, "Official candidate list," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Washington Times, "N.Y. Democrat drops N-word 8 times in racist rant against black politicians," July 23, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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