Mario Biaggi

Mario Biaggi ( born October 26, 1917 in New York City ) is a retired American politician. Between 1969 and 1988 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Mario Biaggi attended, among others, the Harren High School in New York City. He then worked for several years as a postman. Between 1942 and 1965 he worked for the New York Police Department. During this time he received numerous awards for its police services. After studying law at New York Law School and his admission to the bar he began to work in his new profession. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1968, Mario Biaggi was a candidate of his party in the 24th electoral district of the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Paul A. Fino on January 3, 1969. After nine elections he could remain until his resignation on August 5, 1988 at the Congress. In this time were, among others, the Vietnam War, the final phase of the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal. By 1973, Biaggi took the 24th, then to 1983, the tenth and then finally the 19th district of his state.

Since 1987, Mario Biaggi had to deal with allegations of corruption. That earned him a two-year and six months in prison and a fine of $ 500,000. In addition, the ethics committee requested his exclusion from the Congress. At the same time another process ran against him in connection with the so-called Wedtech Scandal. Here, too, it was about corruption. This Biaggi was sentenced to eight years in prison. Shortly before his predictable exclusion from parliament he resigned on August 5, 1988 voluntarily resigned from his mandate. In 1991 he was released early for health reasons from prison. In 1992, he unsuccessfully sought a return to Congress.