Anthony Russo

Anthony Russo may refer to:

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Anthony Russo (Ohio politician)

Anthony J. Russo (c. 1920 – March 6, 1985) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He left office after his district was redistricted to be the home of two different Democratic incumbents, in a move aimed at removing him from office.

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Anthony Russo (mayor)

Anthony Russo was the 35th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, serving from 1993 to 2001. He won two terms, but failed to get enough votes to get a third term. (David Roberts beat him in 2001 when he got 6,064 votes and Russo only got 4,759 votes.)

Biography

In the 1993 election that got him into office, Russo beat his main opponent, Ira Karasick, by 7,023 to 5,623 votes. During his two terms, people who were loyal to Russo were put into the Hoboken Zoning Board and Planning Board by Russo. Anthony Russo's legacy has been overshadowed by corruption and cancer.

He was charged with corruption in 2003 while a Hoboken city councilman.

On September 29, 2004, Russo pleaded guilty to public corruption charges in federal court. Russo admitted that he took thousands of dollars in cash from the owner of a city accounting firm in exchange for his influence in awarding contracts to the firm. Russo was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $317,000 in restitution. Russo's Prisoner ID (BOP) # is 25827-050. He served his sentence in the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina and was released in September 2007.