Mark John Grisanti is an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. After being elected to the New York State Senate in District 60 as a Republican in 2010, Grisanti took office as a State Senator on January 3, 2011. Grisanti served in the State Senate from 2011 to 2014, when he was defeated in the Republican primary and in the general election. Grisanti was appointed …
In 2018, court records show, Justice Grisanti granted a judgment of about $18,500 in favor of a private girls school represented by attorneys Matthew Lazroe and Peter J. Pecoraro.
Jul 08, 2020 · Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn Jr. announced Wednesday that he will not charge anyone involved in the fight between State …
Grisanti is restrained by another officer, who tells him, “We’re not doing this. We’re not fighting a cop.”. At that point Grisanti begins to tell officers there will be “trouble” if Maria is arrested. He begins naming the cops he knows, including his daughter and son-in-law.
Republicans abandoned him in 2014, in response to his votes to legalize gay marriage and to pass the SAFE Act, two measures championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Grisanti lost the GOP primary and came in third in a three-way race that November.
Grisanti has never been elected to the job that paid him $210,161 last year. As of the end of 2019, he’d made $907,753 since his appointment to the bench five years ago. With nine years on the public payroll, he’s nearly halfway to a fat state pension, too, in a job most incumbents hold as long as they want to keep it.
In the video, Maria Grisanti stomps about screaming obscenities at her neighbors and the cops. An officer tackles and cuffs her, prompting the judge — his t-shirt torn and hanging around his waist — to run across the street and try to wrestle the officer away from his wife.
In 1993, state Supreme Court Justice Anthony LoRusso was removed from office for allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.
The Grisantis and the Meles live across the street from one another on Duluth, a one-block street in North Buffalo. The Grisantis’ driveway apron, and parking cars, are the crux of a years-long dispute between the Grisantis and the Meles. The dispute has led to police intervention before.
Maria Grisanti, in particular, can’t stop shouting, which is what prompts Officer Ryan Gehr — who is trying to interview the Meles — to move her out of the street into her own yard and cuff her. In doing so, he knocks her down. Mark Grisanti then rushes across the street and gives Gehr a shove.