NEW YORK (AP) Longtime New York politician and power broker Guy V. Molinari has died at the age of 89.
His son-in-law, former Western NY Congressman Bill Paxon, says Molinari died of pneumonia on Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital.
The Staten Island Republican served as a state assemblyman, five-term congressman and borough president.
The New York Times says Molinari's widespread influence included alliances with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George Bush and George W. Bush.
His father, S. Robert Molinari, was an assemblyman in the 1940s. Susan Molinari succeeded her father in Congress from 1990 to 1997.
There's even a Staten Island Ferry named the Guy V. Molinari.
