Grisanti excited about Court of Claims judgeship

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo called former State Sen. Mark Grisanti and told him he was being nominated for a judgeship on New York Court of Claims, his first reaction was to call his father, noted Buffalo attorney Richard Grisanti. The elder Grisanti’s reaction? “He cried,” Mark Grisanti said. Grisanti and fellow Buffalo attorney J. David Sampson were both nominated by Cuomo for the Court of Claims post and the pair were approved by the State Senate Judiciary Committee and later confirmed by…