Antonia Patricia Rettaliata (née Bifulco; October 20, 1944 – April 8, 2020) was an American politician from
New York.
Life
She was born on October 20, 1944, in
Huntington,
Suffolk County, New York, the daughter of Pasquale Bifulco and Mary (Finello) Bifulco (born 1910). She attended
Huntington High School, and
Katherine Gibbs School in
Melville. Then she worked as an administrative assistant in the Suffolk County courts, and entered politics as a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
. She married John B. Rettaliata Jr.
Toni Rettaliata was a member of the
New York State Assembly from 1979 to 1987, sitting in the
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th and
187th New York State Legislature
The 187th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 1987, to December 31, 1988, during the fifth and sixth years of Mario Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.
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In November 1987, she was elected as Supervisor of the Town of Huntington. In November 1989, she ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Stephen C. Ferraro. Afterwards she remained active in local politics, and was Chairwoman of the Huntington Republican Town Committee.
She married Philip Henry Tepe, and ran in local elections as Toni P. Rettaliata-Tepe,
Candidate Petition List
(pg. 295), at the NYS Board of Elections but was commonly known as Toni Tepe.
References
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1944 births
2020 deaths
People from Huntington, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Women state legislators in New York (state)
Town supervisors in New York (state)
Gibbs College alumni
21st-century American women