NEWBURGH – Former Newburgh Mayor Donald Presutti died on Tuesday, June 27. He was 90 years old.
Presutti’s wife passed away just 18 days before, on June 9. Doris was 89.
Their daughter Joyce says her father died of a broken heart.
Deputy Orange County Executive Harry Porr served as Newburgh city manager for years and has fond memories of Mayor Presutti.
“I can’t think of anyone more concerned, worried and caring about the City of Newburgh than Don Presutti. He was mayor for a while. He was councilman before that, and he really did have his heart in is work,” Porr said.
Presutti served the city from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
The Presuttis had four children – two sons and two daughters.
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