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Joseph Patrick Paoloni

Joseph P. Paoloni (pronounced "Pae-oh-loni") is an American elected official in Wappingers Falls, New York. He serves as the Town of Wappinger Town Clerk. He was first elected to office in November 1997 serving as a Councilmember representing Ward 4, but switched to serve as Town Clerk in 2014 with 52% of the vote. He is a Democrat,

When He was elected to Ward 4 in 1997, it included the neighborhoods in the northeast section of the Town of Wappinger. His home is in Wappingers Falls, NY, He ran for office 7 times as councilman from 1997 to 2010 winning every time. He ran for the town clerk seat in 2013 and 2015 and won election to that seat both times, by getting more than 50% of the vote.

On the Town Council he championed Land Preservation and sat on the Water and Sewer Committee. He is noted for preserving the 100 acre Hudson River Greystone property, getting lights at the ball field, and co-championed the connection of the Rockingham, Hilltop, and Atlas water systems to form the United Wappinger Water District that serves most of the town of 29,000 people.[7]

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He was born in the Bathgate section of the Bronx, New York; his mother is a third-generation Irish American, graduate of Hunter College and taught Mathematics at the local High School   His father was a second-generation Italian American, graduate of CCNY, a Professional Engineer with IBM. He and his wife both teach at the Ridley-Lowell College in Poughkeepsie, NY. He holds a Masters in Chemical Engineering, an MBA in Finance and a BS in Pre-Med/Chemistry with a Physics/Math minor. He has lived in Wappingers Fall, NY since 1967 excluding a 12 year period from 1977 through 1989; and, lived in Basel Switzerland in 1993 and 1994. His professional career included such positions as Research Chemist, Sales Engineer, Senior Financial Analyst, Director Financial Planning and Analysis, Purchase Research Analyst, Operations Research Manager, Inventory Analyst, Supply Demand Manager, Director of Pensions, Trusts, and Investments, Registered Representative, and Professor.

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