{{Short description|American politician (1947–2026)}} {{about||the member of the New Jersey General Assembly|Patrick C. Pasculli}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Patrick Pasculli | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|8|10}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|3|6|1947|8|10}} | death_place = | office = Mayor of Hoboken | order = 34th | term_start = 1988 | term_end = 1993 | predecessor = Thomas Vezzetti | successor = Anthony Russo | party = Democratic | profession = | spouse = | children = | website = }}
'''Patrick L. Pasculli''' (August 10, 1947 – March 6, 2026) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 34th mayor of his native Hoboken, New Jersey, from 1988 to 1993.
==Life and career== Pasculli was born on August 10, 1947, and was reared in Hoboken.<ref name=salt>{{cite news | work=The New York Times | last=DePalma | first=Anthony | title=Parks vs. Development: Battle for Hoboken's Salty Soul | quote=Leading the other side is Mayor Pat Pasculli, Hoboken born and raised, who believes the city should follow other Hudson River communities and develop the vacant piers into housing, offices and marina slips, with scattered pieces of parkland. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/05/nyregion/parks-vs-development-battle-for-hoboken-s-salty-soul.html | date=May 5, 1989 | accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref>
He was serving as president of the Hoboken City Council at the time of the death of Mayor Thomas Vezzetti in 1988. Pasculli was elected by the city council to serve as acting mayor.<ref name=ego>{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/columns/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/125031752487180.xml&coll=3 | work=The Jersey Journal | date=August 15, 2009 | title=Some 'ego' or another will make it a race | accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref> He resigned his seat on the Council, and was elected to a full term in 1989.<ref>{{cite news | work=The New York Times | first=Joseph | last=Sullivan | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/10/nyregion/mccann-leads-jersey-city-voting-but-cunningham-forces-a-runoff.html | title=McCann Leads Jersey City Voting But Cunningham Forces a Runoff | date=May 10, 1989 | accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref>
Pasculli ran for mayor in 1989 on the promise to open the Hoboken waterfront to development.<ref name=salt/><ref name=grass/> Pasculli's campaign led to the formation of the Coalition for a Better Waterfront which opposed his plan to lease city-owned land to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for commercial development.<ref name=grass>{{cite news | last=Romano | first=Jay | work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/nyregion/hoboken-journal-how-a-bunch-of-amateurs-learned-to-fight-city-hall.html |quote=The grass-roots movement began in 1989 when Patrick Pasculli ran for Mayor on a platform that included a plan to lease city-owned waterfront land to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for development. ...| title=How a 'Bunch of Amateurs' Learned to Fight City Hall | date=March 29, 1992 | accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref> In 1992, when General Foods announced the closing of a 600 employee facility, Pasculli noted that the departure left the city with little business on the property immortalized in ''On the Waterfront''.<ref name=waterfront>{{cite news | work=Gainesville Sun |agency=Associated Press | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19920322&id=IUFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YeoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3460,6651885 | title=Maxwell House plant grinding its last drop | date=March 22, 1992 | accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref>
In 1990 he proclaimed that Hoboken's Elysian Fields was the site of the first game of baseball on June 19, 1846, dismissing the claim by Cooperstown, New York.<ref>{{cite news | work=Lawrence Journal-World |agency=Associated Press | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19900111&id=k9sxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2170,2415657 |pages=2A | title=Cooperstown challenged as birthplace of baseball | date=January 11, 1990 | accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | work=Boca Raton News |agency=USA Weekend | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19900805&id=AdxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vowDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3593,1825704 |pages=6 | title=Who's on first (so to speak)? | date=August 5, 1990 | accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref>
Pasculli died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 78.<ref>[https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/statement-from-hoboken-mayor-emily-b-jabbour-on-the-passing-of-former-mayor-patrick-pasculli/ Statement from Hoboken Mayor Emily B. Jabbour on the passing of former Mayor Patrick Pasculli]</ref>
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