Mario Biaggi

Who they were

Mario Biaggi was an American politician, attorney, and police officer. He served ten terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1969 to 1988.

Early life

Educated at: New York Law School and Haaren High School.

Early life Biaggi was born in a tenement on East 106th Street in East Harlem in Upper Manhattan, New York City , New York to poor Italian immigrants from Piacenza in Northern Italy . [ 1 ] His father, Salvatore Biaggi, was a marble setter. His mother, Mary (née Campari), worked as a charwoman . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He had two younger brothers. [ 1 ] Biaggi graduated from P.S. 171 in East Harlem. Subsequently, in 1934 during the height of the Depression ,

Path and career

Worked with / for: United States Postal Service and New York City Police Department.

Later life Biaggi was released in 1991 when he was 73 years old, after 26 months in prison, by the sentencing judge on the grounds of ill health (heart problems, arthritis, nerve damage in his legs, and broken bones from four falls in prison). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He would have been eligible for parole six months later. [ 5 ] Comeback attempt In 1992 , at 74 years of age, Biaggi attempted a political comeback. [ 6 ] He sought his old seat in Congress,

Death and burial Biaggi died at his home in Riverdale in the Bronx on June 24, 2015, at the age of 97. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is buried in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York . Relatives In their obituary, the New York Times noted his survivors as two daughters, two sons, eleven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. [ 1 ] From 2019 to 2022, Biaggi's granddaughter, Alessandra Biaggi , was a member of the New York State Senate . [ 3 ]

Why this date

Mario Biaggi appears on our June 24 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.