The Buffalo Chronicle
Marc Panepinto
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Jurists wonder how Panepintos navigate “impossible” conflicts of interest
Former and aspiring candidates for various judgeships have been wondering how State Senator Marc Panepinto and his wife, State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Nugent Panepinto, navigate what they call “impossible conflicts of interest.”…
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Support of partial birth abortion could become issue for Panepinto
By: Mike Madigan Senator Marc Panepinto (NY 60th Senate District) makes no bones about the fact that he has a serious departure with the Catholic Church and does not shy away from…
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Political observers expect a Panepinto primary — early contenders
The newly elected State Senator from the 60th district, Marc Panepinto won his general election narrowly with only 34% of the vote. He won his primary even more narrowly, by 383 votes. The local…
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Democratic organization fractured hard, as Coppola breaks to support Grisanti
Former State Senator Al Coppola has endorsed Mark Grisanti, throwing the Democratic Party organization into disarray — instigating feverish bickering among top party operatives. Coppola, a long retired eleder statesman in local Democratic politics,…
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Gun confiscation targets veterans in Grisanti-Cuomo SAFE ACT
By Mike Madigan Since the SAFE Act was enacted over 41,000 SAFE Act reports have been filed against individuals deemed depressed, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, mentally ill and or dangerous to…
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Panepinto staffers got stiffed, in more ways than one
Sources say that a dozen or so campaign staffers who had worked on Democrat Marc Panepinto’s State Senate campaign during the primary phase haven’t been paid for their work. The former campaign…
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Candidates Differentiated by Campaign Funding – Voters beware!
By: Mike Madigan The Buffalo News revealed that Kevin Stocker funded a majority of his primary campaign victory. The News as well revealed that his opponents campaign’s were funded with tens of…
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Grisanti Breach of Trust
By: Mike Madigan The following Letter is from Mark Grisanti’s office to an acting service member. In the letter Grisanti detailed his passionate opposition to the SAFE Act. This letter was sent…
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Pro-SAFE Act Albany Republican Coalition Pushes Grisanti on WNY Voters
By: Mike Madigan Mark Grisanti was soundly defeated by Former Prosecutor Kevin Stocker in the recent Republican primary leaving him to run only as a minor party candidate. Voters most commonly cited…
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Grisanti looking to sell 60th district Senate seat – again; is Bloomberg buying?
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of his namesake financial news and information technology firm, may throw around big money in the 60th district Senate race. The Mayor…
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Grisanti-Panepinto’s web of deceit backfires in a big way
Political insiders within the local Democratic Party have begun to reveal an election scheme that has been derailed. The plan was hatched by operatives backing incumbent Senator Mark Grisanti, namely the disgraced Joel…
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Panepinto seeks to oust Chairman, rather than unite party
Marc Panepinto, the Democrat candidate for New York State Senate who emerged from his primary severely weakened by a narrow 300-vote margin of victory, is unsettling many members of his own party. While…
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Senator Coppola calls for a “Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act”
If he is reelected to the New York State Senate, retired Senator Alfred Coppola is pledging to introduce the “Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act” (GLERA) to address several ongoing threats to the Great Lakes’ ecosystem. “There…
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Panepintos’ marriage raises questions about conflicts of interest
Over the last two months, some of the most prominent members of Buffalo’s legal community have been raising questions privately about the propriety of State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Nugent Panepinto sitting on the bench…
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For Panepintos, election fraud was a family affair
When Marc Panepinto was charged with a Class D felony in 2001, he quickly plead the charge of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument to a lesser misdemeanor, involving tampering with petitions. The…
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Panepinto is not worried about his election fraud conviction, no bid legal work
Despite being dogged with ethics’ criticisms that identify deep character flaws, Democrat town zone chair Marc Panepinto continues to challenge former Senator Al Coppola, who has been pulled out of retirement by various factions of…
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Senator Coppola: “Stop bashing teachers, stupid”
Senator Al Coppola, the Democrat running for State Senate against Mark Grisanti, is disgusted with the way that today’s political discourse has wrongly bashed teachers in the media, often using hard working career professionals as political…
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Panepinto’s election fraud conviction disqualifies candidacy
Few behaviors are more demonstrative of a willingness to betray the public’s trust than to knowingly commit election fraud so egregiously that one’s license to practice law gets suspended. That is precisely…
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Panepinto is owned by the teachers’ unions
State Senate candidate Marc Panepinto, a Buffalo Democrat who was once convicted of election fraud and whose license to practice law was suspended for one year, is expecting that the New York…
