Nicholas Raymond Amato (born September 1, 1940) is an American politician who served as Essex County Executive from 1987 to 1991.
He was elected Essex County Surrogate as a Democrat in 1971, defeating Republican incumbent Thomas R. Farley, and was re-elected in 1976 and 1981.
They asked the court for reinstatement, back pay, accrued vacation time, and the payment of a year-end bonus of around $3,000.
In 1989 as Essex County, New Jersey Executive, and as part of a bipartisan team of Essex County legislators he introduced "model legislation that would pool rental security deposits to create funds at below-market rates for building low-income housing ...
The proposed legislation would establish a tenant-landlord bank for the millions of dollars in rental security deposits held on apartments throughout Essex County.