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Joseph A. Tauriello


Joseph A. Tauriello (April 3, 1934 – November 17, 2009) was an American politician from New York.

Tauriello was born on April 3, 1934, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Frank J. Tauriello and Margaret L. Tauriello. He attended Grover Cleveland High School and the University of Buffalo. In 1958, he joined the Buffalo Fire Department and became an arson investigator.

He entered politics as a Democrat. He was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Erie County (Buffalo, 27th Ward) in 1966 and 1967; and a member of the Erie County Legislature (7th D.) from 1968 to 1973.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (55th D.) from 1974 to 1980, sitting in the 180th, 181st, 182nd and 183rd New York State Legislatures. In 1980, he was appointed to the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.

He died on November 17, 2009, in Elderwood Senior Care in Cheektowaga, New York; and was buried at the Mount Calvary Cemetery there.

Congressman Anthony F. Tauriello (1899–1984) was his uncle.


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