His first was Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., who left to become the Richmond County District Attorney in January 2004 after winning election to that office the previous November.

Over a 20-year period, he has served on the board of directors for the Veterans Memorial Sports Complex, Staten Island Community Television, New York State Regional Organ Transplant and Bayley Seton Hospital.

Molinaro also serves as a Senior Advisor to the law firm of Pitta & Baione LLP, who assist 9/11 victims in getting the compensation they deserve.

[2] In 2012 Molinaro called Stephani Germanotta (professionaly known as Lady Gaga) a "slut" after a photo of her smoking a joint of marijuana during a concernt in Amsterdam was published, receiving widespread backlash.

The renaissance of the South Beach Boardwalk, new recreational fields, an expansion of the Blue Belt, and a quarter-mile-long fishing pier are just some of the parks related activities that have benefited from his capital funding.

The company, a subsidiary of Australian-owned Pratt Industries, created hundreds of new jobs when it opened its cardboard recycling facility on Victory Boulevard near the Arthur Kill, representing the largest single investment in manufacturing in New York City in the last 50 years.

He has also worked closely with Mayor Michael Bloomberg to bring additional schools to Staten Island including P.S.

[12] New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Molinaro ally, also holds an opinion that the former landfill is a place where renewable energy should be generated but prefers the installation of a photovoltaic system instead.

Molinaro believes that with the opening of these roads congestion around the Richmond Avenue commercial district, which includes the Staten Island Mall would be alleviated.

[14][15] In the past, his predecessor Guy V. Molinari, and former New York State Assemblyman Eric Nicholas Vitaliano also held an opinion that the roads should be opened.