Carl Paladino

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Buffalo School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold is questioned during a hearing to determine if Carl Paladino should be removed from the school board on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the State Education Building in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron /The Albany Times Union via AP)

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Jennifer Persico, an attorney for Carl Paladino, left, and Buffalo School Board attorney Frank Miller, center, speak to State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, right, during a hearing to determine if Paladino should be removed from the Buffalo school board on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the State Education Building in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron /The Albany Times Union via AP)

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Carl Paladino, right, walks with his lawyers outside the state Department of Education building after the first day of testimony before Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who will decide if Paladino should be removed from his position on the Buffalo Board of Education, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2016 file photo, Carl Paladino speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York. On Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, the wealthy businessman who co-chaired president-Elect Donald Trump's state campaign refuted reports that he was on the outs with the transition team and not welcome at a fund-raiser Thursday, Jan 5, in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (second from right) speaks to a group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis, including Rabbi Yehuda Levin (right), as Mr. Paladin's campaign manager, Michael Caputo (seated, third from right), listens during a campaign stop at Karlsburg Rabbinical College in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)