Hugh Joseph Addonizio

Hugh Joseph Addonizio
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Partito politico	Partito Democratico

Hugh Joseph Addonizio (Newark, 31 gennaio 1914 – Red Bank, 2 febbraio 1981) è stato un politico statunitense di Newark. Politico italo-americano del partito democratico fu condannato al carcere per corruzione. Fu il 33º sindaco di Newark in New Jersey dal 1962 al 1970 e per 13 anni al Congresso degli Stati Uniti..

Biografia

Nato a Newark, Addonizio frequentò la scuole superiore West Side High School e giocò con il ruolo di quarterback per la squadra di football americano della scuola Saint Benedict's Preparatory School. Addonizio si laurea alla Fordham University a New York nel 1939, frequentando con una borsa di studio atletica e andò a lavorare per A&C Clothing Company, lavorando per suo padre, dove divenne vice presidente nel 1946^[1]

Addonizio divenne sindaco dal 1962 al 1970, quando ha perso la sua rielezione. Un'indagine statale sulla sua amministrazione, iniziata dopo le Rivolte di Newark del 1967 che si sono verificate durante il suo mandato ha portato alla scoperta che lui e altri funzionari della città stavano prendendo tangenti dagli appaltatori della città. Nel dicembre 1969, lui e nove funzionari attuali o ex dell'amministrazione comunale di Newark furono incriminati da una grande giurì federale, insieme ad altr 5 persone^[2]. Nel luglio 1970 l'ex sindaco e altri quattro imputati sono stati giudicati colpevoli da una giuria federale su 64 punti ciascuno uno di cospirazione e 63 di estorsione^[3]. Nel settembre 1970, Addonizio fu condannato a dieci anni di prigione federale e multato di 25.000 dollari. Il giudice del tribunale distrettuale George Herbert Barlow per il suo ruolo in un complotto che ha comportato l'estorsione di 1,5 milioni di dollari in tangenti, un crimine che il giudice ha dichiarato "una ferita al cuore della nostra società civile e della nostra forma di governo rappresentativo"^[4]^[5].

Addonizio alla sua morte nel 1981 fu sepolto nel cimitero Gate of Heaven Cemetery di East Hanover in New Jersey.

Note

^ Barbanel, Josh. "Hugh J. Addonizio 67, Convicted Of Extortion As Newark's Mayor", The New York Times, February 3, 1981. Accessed November 15, 2018. "The son of Italian immigrants, Mr. Addonizio was born in Newark on Jan. 31, 1914, and attended West Side High School and St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, where he was an outstanding athlete and was named all-state quarterback."
^ Grutzner, Charles. "U.S. INDICTS MAYOR OF NEWARK, 9 PRESENT OR FORMER OFFICIALS ON $253,000 EXTORTION CHARGES; ADDONIZIO ON BAIL Evasion of Tax Also Charged -- Boiardo Among Accused Mayor Addonizio Is Indicted on Extortion Charge", The New York Times, December 18, 1969. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and nine present or former officials of the municipal administration in Newark were indicted yesterday by a Federal grand jury with five other persons, among whom was Anthony (Tony Boy) Boiardo, a reputed member of the Mafia."
^ Brady, Thomas F. "Addonizio and 4 Convicted Of Extortion by U.S. Jury", The New York Times, July 23, 1970. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Hugh J. Addonizio, former Mayor of Newark, and four other defendants were found guilty by federal jury tonight on 64 counts each, one of conspiracy and 63 of extortion."
^ Sullivan, Ronald. "Addonizio Given a 10-Year Term", The New York Times, September 23, 1970. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Former Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio of Newark was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $25,000 in Federal Court here today for conspiracy and extortion. Convicted of sharing in the proceeds of extorted kickbacks totaling $1.5 million from contractors on city water and sewer lines, Addonizio stood impassively with his head bowed as Judge George H. Barlow declared that his crimes were of 'monumental proportion' that 'tore at the very heart of our civilized society and our form of representative government.'"
^ Barbanel, Josh. "HUGH J. ADDONIZIO, 67, EX-MAYOR OF NEWARK JAILED 5 YEARS, DEAD", The New York Times, February 2, 1981. Accessed April 7, 2015. "Hugh J. Addonizio, a former Congressman and two-term Mayor of Newark who was sentenced to 10 years in Federal prison and fined $25,000 for conspiracy and extortion died early this morning at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, N.J."

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[1] Barbanel, Josh. "Hugh J. Addonizio 67, Convicted Of Extortion As Newark's Mayor", The New York Times, February 3, 1981. Accessed November 15, 2018. "The son of Italian immigrants, Mr. Addonizio was born in Newark on Jan. 31, 1914, and attended West Side High School and St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, where he was an outstanding athlete and was named all-state quarterback."

[2] Grutzner, Charles. "U.S. INDICTS MAYOR OF NEWARK, 9 PRESENT OR FORMER OFFICIALS ON $253,000 EXTORTION CHARGES; ADDONIZIO ON BAIL Evasion of Tax Also Charged -- Boiardo Among Accused Mayor Addonizio Is Indicted on Extortion Charge", The New York Times, December 18, 1969. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and nine present or former officials of the municipal administration in Newark were indicted yesterday by a Federal grand jury with five other persons, among whom was Anthony (Tony Boy) Boiardo, a reputed member of the Mafia."

[3] Brady, Thomas F. "Addonizio and 4 Convicted Of Extortion by U.S. Jury", The New York Times, July 23, 1970. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Hugh J. Addonizio, former Mayor of Newark, and four other defendants were found guilty by federal jury tonight on 64 counts each, one of conspiracy and 63 of extortion."

[4] Sullivan, Ronald. "Addonizio Given a 10-Year Term", The New York Times, September 23, 1970. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Former Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio of Newark was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $25,000 in Federal Court here today for conspiracy and extortion. Convicted of sharing in the proceeds of extorted kickbacks totaling $1.5 million from contractors on city water and sewer lines, Addonizio stood impassively with his head bowed as Judge George H. Barlow declared that his crimes were of 'monumental proportion' that 'tore at the very heart of our civilized society and our form of representative government.'"

[5] Barbanel, Josh. "HUGH J. ADDONIZIO, 67, EX-MAYOR OF NEWARK JAILED 5 YEARS, DEAD", The New York Times, February 2, 1981. Accessed April 7, 2015. "Hugh J. Addonizio, a former Congressman and two-term Mayor of Newark who was sentenced to 10 years in Federal prison and fined $25,000 for conspiracy and extortion died early this morning at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, N.J."

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