Ralph A. Villani (September 11, 1901 – February 28, 1974) served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1949 to 1953.
[2][3] On Tuesday, May 17, 1949 Villani was named Mayor of Newark by his fellow City Commissioners.
[4] In 1953, a grand jury charged that Mayor Villani and other officials in the Department of Parks and Public Property, of which he served as director, had received money from employees "as salary kickbacks or payment for promotions.
"[5] That May, Mayor Villani and fellow City Commissioner Stephen Moran lost their respective bids for re-election.
[6] Villani died on February 28, 1974, after suffering a heart attack at his home.