Matthew Titone

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Matthew J. Titone (born 1960?) is an American politician and lawyer from Staten Island in the the state of New York. A Democrat, he serves as a member-elect of the New York State Assembly from the 61st district, on Staten Island's North Shore.

Following the death of Assemblyman John Lavelle (D - Staten Island) in January 2007, Titone was selected as the Democratic nominee for the special election held to fill the vacancy. In the election held on March 27, he received 49% of the vote in a three-way contest to succeed Lavelle, comfortably defeating his Republican and Independence party opponents who won 32% and 19% respectively.

The son of Vito J. Titone, a former judge of the New York Court of Appeals, Titone grew up on Staten Island in the Grymes Hill and West Brighton communities. He went on to attend St. John's University School of Law, where he worked full time as a law clerk for the late John S. Zachary. He went into private practice, setting up his own firm in 1998.

He was the Democratic nominee for the New York State Senate in 2006, losing the 24th District race to Republican Andrew Lanza.

Titone is openly gay and will be one of four LGBT members of the New York Legislature, alongside Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Daniel O'Donnell, and Senator Thomas Duane. His assembly campaign won the support of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which provided financial and strategic assistance.