Endorsements
Local Republicans and a modern-fusion of Democrats, Independents, Green and Working Family voters, who await the general election.

Family status: Married, wife Cindy Nardiello PS 58 PTA Volunteer Coordinator, Joe is a everyday dad of two children aged 8 (f) and 3 (b).


Brooklyn Marriott: First wedding event ever at Brooklyn’s Marriott (1998).

Residences: Carroll Gardens, Park Slope (2003-05), Cobble Hill (1995-01) Brooklyn family/lineage: Gaetano “Tommy” Mollica (click link A) former Grand Knight 4th Degree, Knights of Columbus & Rose Mollica led KofC Columbiettes (95), Joseph A. Nardiello Superior Press/Court St. (101) & Rose Nardiello (grandparents); Joseph I. Nardiello FDNY/PDNY printing & Jeanne Nardiello PS 32 teacher/retired, led KofC Columbiettes (parents); Rosemary Quadrino (sister) Dept. of Education employees.

Present employer: (private company, legal services) White St./Broadway, NY

Associations/Active: Park Slope Food Co-Op (Union/7th Ave), Brooklyn Youth Association (Cobble Hill), Prospect Park Youth Baseball League/ Sacred Hearts baseball Head Coach (Carroll Gardens), St. Agnes/St. Paul Roman Catholic Parish, Italian-American Museum (Little Italy), Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society/Prospect Park Zoo, New York Aquarium/Coney Island, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Police Benevolent Association, Brooklyn chapter NAACP, Brooklyn Reform Repulblicans, Brooklyn Young Republicans, Brownstone Republican Club, Mike Bloomberg for Mayor/NYC

Colleges: New York University, Washington Square and University College, BA Journalism/Public Relations, Economics/Computer Science. Founded a student organization called ‘Black Lightning Social & Athletic Club’ that provided an additional sense of connection with NYU with over 400 underserved students, competing with the fraternity/sorority system. School of Visual Arts, Advertising & Art Direction.

High school: Xavier High School, 16th Street, Manhattan. Higher Achievement Program (HAP) scholarship. Worked each summer of H.S., tutoring 11th graders with college aptitude. Active student in clubs and intramural sports.

6th-8th grade: Robert F. Kennedy Incentive Program, Grove St., Ridgewood later moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn. One class per grade-level. Small, progressive program for underprivileged kids, drawing from Brooklyn and Queens. (now sadly closed) Elementary school: St. Agnes parochial school on DeGraw & Hoyt Sts. Brooklyn (now sadly closed) Pre-K and K: P.S. 32

Reading: (current: Burrows/Wallace “Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898” & Jane Leavy “Sandy Koufax: A Lefties Legacy”).

Little known: Big fan of Jackie Robinson’s breakthrough & story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and that baseball itself is owed to Brooklyn teams of the 1800s like Excelsiors & Atlantics. Terrible municipal decision to allow Dodgers to ever leave; as bad as allowing our NYC shipping/carting industry to predominantly move to New Jersey.

Born: April 2, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY.