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Anthony Imbarrato, former Nassau GOP leader, dies at 78

Anthony C. Imbarrato, a lawyer and Hempstead Town board member who gave state and Nassau Republican chairman Joseph Mondello his start in politics, has died after a long illness. He was 78.

Imbarrato, Mondello's law partner for 25 years, died Wednesday at his home in Garden City.

"He was my mentor," Mondello said. "I feel I lost the older brother I never had."

Imbarrato recruited...

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