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Ralph J. Marino

American politician (1928–2002)

Field	Value
name	Ralph J. Marino
office	Temporary President and Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
term_start	January 1, 1989
term_end	November 25, 1994
predecessor	Warren M. Anderson
successor	Joseph Bruno
term_start1	1969
term_end1	1972
predecessor1	Henry M. Curran
successor1	Caesar Trunzo
term_start2	1973
term_end2	1995
predecessor2	John D. Caemmerer
successor2	Carl Marcellino
birth_name	Ralph John Marino
birth_date
birth_place	Rochester, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
party	Republican
spouse	Ethel Bernstein
children	3
residence	Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York
alma_mater	Syracuse University
Fordham University School of Law
state_senate1	New York State
state_senate2	New York State
district1	3rd
district2	5th

Fordham University School of Law Ralph John Marino (January 2, 1928 – April 6, 2002) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Temporary President of the New York State Senate from 1989 to 1994.

Life

Marino was born on January 2, 1928, in Rochester, New York. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1951; and from Fordham University School of Law in 1954. He met his wife Ethel Bernstein while studying at Syracuse. They married in 1954, and settled in her hometown of Oyster Bay on Long Island, and had three children. Marino practiced law in Oyster Bay, and entered politics as a Republican.

Generally considered a Rockefeller Republican, he was first elected to the Senate in 1968 and became known for protecting Long Island's interests in Albany. He succeeded Warren M. Anderson as Temporary President and Majority Leader in 1989.

He was one of the very few downstate politicians to hold the Senate Majority Leader position and the first Long Islander to hold the position. Marino frequently sparred with Governor Mario Cuomo on the budget. The budget grew under his tenure as majority leader by some 50%.

He opposed George Pataki's nomination for governor in 1994. Pataki won the election, and as de facto party leader engineered a caucus room coup against Marino with the aid of much more conservative Republicans from Upstate and Western New York. Despite the fact that Marino's deputy and closest ally, Jess J. Present, was in fact from Western New York, Pataki's opposition and the growth of the budget resulted in his ouster in November 1994. He was succeeded by Joseph Bruno, a conservative from the Capital District.

After sitting in the 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th and 191st New York State Legislatures, Marino resigned his Senate seat on February 8, 1995.

He died on April 6, 2002, in Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, New York, of tongue cancer. His wife Ethel died May 10, 2004.

Sources

References

[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/09/nyregion/ex-majority-chief-resigns-from-state-senate.html ''Ex-Majority Chief Resigns From State Senate''] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on February 9, 1995
[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/nyregion/ralph-j-marino-former-state-senate-leader-dies-at-74.html ''Ralph J. Marino, Former State Senate Leader, Dies at 74''] in ''The New York Times'' on April 7, 2002
[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/12/classified/paid-notice-deaths-marino-ethel-nee-bernstein.html ''Deaths; MARINO, ETHEL (NEE BERNSTEIN)''] in ''The New York Times'' on May 12, 2004

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