20 THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO MMM? ABOUT FORMER NY STATE SENATOR MARC PANEPINTO & HIS CONNECTIONS TO ARTHUR COIA, LIUNA NATIONAL, LOCAL 210, & THE BUFFALO MOB

1. Marc’s dad Donald “the Turtle” Panepinto was a made member of the Buffalo Crime family and heavily involved in the mob infested LIUNA Local 210. Before moving up the ranks, he was a member of the Sansenese crew-this according to Ron Fino in his Book The Triangle Exit (Kindle Location 916). He is listed as a solider in the 1997 Government RICO agains local 210. In August of 2016 The Buffalo Chronicle writes:


See also: Herbeck, Dan, “Union links 28 members of Local 210 to mob,” BN, June 19, 1996, p. B1; “Mob’s control of Local 210 has a long history,” BN, Dec. 5, 1999.

Here is a Picture of Donald “The Turtle” Panepinto:



2. According to Marc on his website “Panepinto for Senate” he and his brother Don joined local 210 as teenagers when they graduated high school. Here is the link: Marc Panepinto for Senate

3. Marc did his undergrad at the University of Buffalo in the mid to late 80’s. He was the captain of the UB football team in 1987. He went on to study Labor Relations at the University of Illinois, and remained a member of LIUNA. Supposedly he worked as laborer with 210 while putting himself through college and during the summers while at grad school. The Dolce Panepinto Law Firm writes:



Here is a link to his bio at the Dolce Panepinto Lawfirm: http://www.dolcepanepinto.com/attorneys/marc-c-panepinto/

4. Dana Panepinto (Marc’s sister) married into the Todaro family (Joey III) in 1993. The Buffalo News writes:



Here is a link to the article: Announcing Mrs. Todaro

5. At that time of their marriage Joey E. Todaro III was involved with the crime family’s collections & call center scams. The Buffalo News writes



Here is a link to the article in the Buffalo News: Joey Todaro III Tied to Organized Crime

6. In the early 90’s Marc Panepinto took a national role in LIUNA, becoming personal assistant to LIUNA president and mob associate Arthur Coia.—See the book The Maya of Morganton: Work and Community in the Nuevo New South, p. 127.

7. By the mid 90’s Marc became a member of the newly developed National Organizing Team for Arthur Coia and LIUNA. Maya of Morgantown pp. 79, 109-11.

8. It is well documented that both Joe Todaro, Sr. and Jr., the Buffalo Crime Family, and Local 210 had a strong relationship with the Coias. (See Fino’s Triangle Exit; Weekly Standard article A Corrupt Union and the Mob from August 31, 1998; The American Spectator article Mob Rules by Byron York in April of 1997; The Providence Journal article by Mike Stanton called “A Questions of Mob Connections” written in 1997…and many, many more.)

9. We can, almost, be certain it was the Todaro/Buffalo connection to the Coias that got Marc his job with Arthur Coia Jr. and we can could logically assume there was a “price” to be paid for that position—Marc would have to “serve the interests” of the Buffalo Crime family & the Coia’s.

10. Marc’s wife (Catherine Nugent Panepinto) was from Massachusetts, local hearsay indicates she had possibly Patriarca Crime Family ties. She was an organizer for LIUNA. That is where Marc met her.

11. Marc and his wife Catherine went to UB to get their law degrees in the middle 90’s

12. In 1998 Mark was sworn into the NY State Bar

13. In the late 90's Marc Panepinto served as chairman of the Laborers Information Coalition, established when the RICO charges instigated changes to clean up Local 210. See Buffalo Business first article “Enbattled Local 210 ready for a fresh start” by Tracey Drury dated January 26, 2006

14.In 2001 Marc was convicted of election fraud, forging signatures for and trying impress Mayor Masiello in order to get a city job for his brother Don as a firefighter. Here is a picture of a the letter his attorney, Joel Daniels, wrote to the judge stating such:



15. Mayer Masielo wrote a letter asking the judge to let Marc Panepinto off easy. The judge did. He only received a short suspension of his law license and a paltry $500 fine. Here is a picture of Masiello’s letter sent on behalf of Panepinto:



16. It was long believed that Mayor Masiello was connected or at least sympathetic to the Todaro’s and the Buffalo Crime Family. On La Nova’s back wall (West Ferry location) is a huge framed City/Mayoral Proclamation touting the Todaros and their commitment to the city of Buffalo. Mayor Masiello frequented La Nova raising the establishment's reputation in Buffalo. Here is just one article: Mayor Masiello Visits La Nova

Additionally Masiello created a lot of hubbub in Buffalo when Joe Todaro Senior died and he indicated Joe Todaro Sr. was “A Friend of Mine,” and had the following glowing comments as reported on WGRZ news in Bufallo:



17. Point 15 is taken from a Buffalo Chronicle article in August 2014 entitled, “For Panepintos, election fraud was a family affair.” Indeed one has to wonder if the Buffalo Chronicle is using a double entendre, referring not just to Marc’s immediate family but to his crime family association as well.

18. In another article from the Buffalo Chronicle in August of 2014 entitled, "Panepinto is not worried about his election fraud conviction, no bid legal work,” the paper writes:



19. Marc Panepinto was elected to State Senate in 2014

20. Marc Panepinto abruptly announced he would not run again as JCOBE (joint commission and public ethics) began a corruption probe. Here is an article: Panepinto Will Not Seek Reelction Amids JOCOB Investigation

It should be noted that 6 months later Buffalo Billion Scandal is announced. It has made some folks in Buffalo wonder if he knew JOCOB was investigating more than sexual harassment allegations. People in Buffalo have wondered if he didn’t leave the senate in order to relieve the “heat” from him and others, just as Todaro Jr. and Leonard Falzone stepped from leadership in local 210 to remove the heat from them when the RICO began in the late ’90’s.