Representative Marc Molinaro represented New York’s 19th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mr. Molinaro is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Upstate New York.
He began his public service career at the age of 18, when in 1994 he was elected to serve on the Village of Tivoli’s Board of Trustees. A year later, Mr. Molinaro was elected as mayor of Tivoli, becoming the youngest mayor in the U.S. He was re-elected five times and also served in the Dutchess County Legislature.
In 2006, Mr. Molinaro was elected to represent the 103rd District in the New York State Assembly. In 2011, he was elected to serve as the Dutchess County Executive, where he served three terms. Through this role, he held a leadership position in the New York State Association of Counties and served as president of the New York State County Executives Association. In 2021, Mr. Molinaro was elected to represent New York’s 19th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In the 118th Congress, Representative Molinaro serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, and the House Committee on Small Business.
New York’s 19th Congressional District is no stranger to flooding, with its inclusion of the counties of Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, Tioga, and Tompkins, as well as parts of Otsego County and Ulster County.
As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, Representative Molinaro is championing efforts to protect farmers and rural communities from flooding. In the 118th Congress, he introduced bipartisan legislation focused on advancing flooding solutions at the watershed level to help communities better prepare for, respond to, and recover from flood events.
Mr. Molinaro lives in Red Hook, New York, with his wife, Corinne, and four children.
