"[2][dubious – discuss] He was born in Italy the town of Amantea to parents Gaetano Molinari and Mariantonia Perciavalle, and graduated from New York University.
He worked as an appraiser and property manager for the New York City Bureau of Real Estate from 1941 until his election.
[3] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Richmond Co., 2nd D.) in 1943 and 1944, elected on the Republican ticket.
In 1944, he ran for re-election on the Democratic ticket,[4] Molinari but was defeated by Republican Edmund P. Radigan.
He ran unsuccessfully for the party's nomination for Staten Island borough president in 1953.