HOBOKEN — Andrew Amato, a former two-time Hoboken councilman and mayoral candidate, died Thursday night from cardiac arrest at the age of 78.
Amato was a colorful character who often loudly championed issues in his sometimes forgotten ward in the 1990s, along with his wife, Flo. More recently, he was often courted by modern politicians to bring in votes from that ward.
He was taken from his home at Marion Towers around 11 p.m. Thursday by the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Hoboken University Medical Center and was pronounced dead within minutes, according to a city official.