MAGA Tom Is Back Peddling Russian Style Propaganda For Monroe, Woodbury Leaders
All the little laws being broken by Tony Cardone and his cool new Facebook Page.
Pictured Above: Since the Fall of 2023, Woodbury, Harriman, and Monroe residents have complained about the misuse of the Walmart and Home Deport parking lots. On August 25th, 2025, the above picture was shared by the Village of Woodbury’s official Facebook account. On August 28th, Monroe Town Supervisor Tony Cardone released a video bragging about how he and Woodbury Supervisor Kathryn Luciani cleaned up the Walmart and Home Depot lots. Despite the fact that Tony Cardone does not have any police force, and refuses to negotiate with the Village of Monroe to expand the police presence into the Town of Monroe. This cleanup was done by the Town of Woodbury’s police department.
And despite the fact that both Luciani and Cardone have had direct knowledge of the situaiton with the parking lots since the Fall of 2023.
Both Luciani and Cardone refused to answer quesitons from The Monroe Gazette asking why it took two years to clean up the Walmart and Home Depot lots, but acted swiftly on the Village of Woodbury’s post.
I’m currently in the middle of investigating a number of stories right now. So, there’s not a hell of a lot of time to post and investigate.
Today is more of a behind the scenes look at a story I’m investigating. Since I spent most of the day looking into an I.C.E. incident in Newburgh, I thought we could do something a little less serious.
So …
You might have seen a poorly made attempt at a TikTok style video by Monroe Town Supervisor, Tony Cardone. A Boomer whom, it would be fair to guess, has never actually used TikTok before. Of the three Republicans on the Monroe Town Board, the only one with a connection to TikTok is Councilman Sal Scancarello. You may recall that his son, Anthony Scancarello, had a TikTok account with the username @a_rmotions. Monroe residents claimed Mr. Scancarello’s son was threatening to murder Satmar men in the local Target as some kind of fucked up joke on that TikTok account. This account has since been deleted.
Whether or not Mr. Cardone personally uses TikTok is anyone’s guess, but you should know I’ve put in a FOIL request for Mr. Cardone’s Internet activity and search history.
So we’ll get our answer to this and other important questions soon.
Questions like, “Does Tony Cardone watch porn at work?”
“Is it the same kind of porn Woodbury Village Trustee James Freiband ordered during his big excursion to Albany for a conference last year?” (Mr. Freiband asked for everything to be reimbursed but a mystery hotel charge that appeared on his bill, which The Monroe Gazette obtained via a FOIL request. Mr. Freiband has not answered questions as to whether or not this purchase was for pornography. So, if you’re wondering why Mr. Freiband is very upset about our FOILs, this is one of the reasons why.)
Do you think Tony Cardone and James Freiband are friends who discuss their weird porn habits?
Could you imagine these two weird old ghouls calling each other up in the dead of night, breathing heavily, and discussing the porn they watch on the tax payer’s dime?
Sorry.
It’s the weekend.
I apologize for putting that image in your mind. I also don’t want to kink shame anyone.
Anyway …
If you haven’t seen the Cardone video, MAGA Idiot, and Woodbury Village Planning Board member, Tom DeLuca, helpfully plastered it all over Facebook.
He also posted a corresponding press release from Woodbury Supervisor Kathryn Luciani.
Both the video and the press release brag about a cleanup that occurred at the Walmart and Home Depot parking lots. A situation both Cardone and Luciani have been aware of since at least the Fall of 2023, and have now, as they’re both up for re-election in November in 2025, have actually done something about.
Funny how that works, right?
Mr. Cardone was asked by Woodbury Town Board candidate, Martha Lopez, why it took him and Mrs. Luciani two years to act on this, and Mr. Cardone gave Mrs. Lopez a vague answer about needing permission from the stores and something about municipal boundaries. He immediately stopped answering Mrs. Lopez’s questions not long after that.
Why Mr. Cardone and Mrs. Luciani couldn’t sort out those specific issues for a full two years ago went unanswered. Especially because Mrs. Luciani took over as Town Supervisor in January of 2024. Her first act in office was to make herself the highest paid Town Supervisor in Woodbury’s history. One of her next acts involved hiring her son to work at the Animal Shelter, and then throwing out the Town Ethics Code. So, it’s not like she was busy doing anything important, you know?
I also emailed Supervisor Luciani and Supervisor Cardone asking why it took a full two years for them to act on a situation they were aware of, and to nobody’s surprise, neither answered.
So much for Councilwoman Gretchen Weiner’s recent statements that if you want answers, at least from the Woodbury Town Board, you shoud email them.
You all remember Tom DeLuca, right?
He was caught spreading Pro-Putin propaganda on Facebook. The kind of MAGA shit that, any applicant with half a brain, could easily sue the Village Planning Board over claiming discrimination, since MAGA is a white supremacist ideology.
I mean, they’re not even trying to hide it at this point.
Not a good look when you have an increasingly diverse population, not too mention, a pretty large group of Satmar who live in the area too.
(Although in the case of the Satmar, many have been brainwashed into liking Trump, but don’t worry, the second the Medicaid support gets cut off in January of 2027? That tune will change real fast.)
You know who remembers our coverage of MAGA Tom? Woodbury Village Trustee candidate, CJ Graziano.
I’m still waiting for my apology, CJ
Since that time, DeLuca became one of fellow MAGA Moron, Mr. Brandon Calore’s, largest non-family campaign donors.
Although there’s an asteriks next to any campaign contributions Mr. Calore received, given that State Senator James G. Skoufis, a Democrat, reported spending nearly $20,000 on his efforts to boost Calore’s campaign. It’s not clear where that near $20,000 went.
Some Woodbury residents have guessed it became cash, which then went to the Calores, who then donated to Mr. Brandon Calore. I can’t tell you whether or not that’s true. Our official posiiton as a news outlet is: We don’t know.
All I can tell you is that your guess is as good as mine as to where all that money went, given Mr. Skoufis didn’t provide any additional information on his Independent Expenditure Committe’s expenditures.
Mr. DeLuca also seems to be doing his level best to disparage the Village where he serves as a Planning Board member, while simultaneously posting press releases and videos promoting Cardone and Luciani.
Let’s Backup For a Second …
Any time you’d like to apologize CJ, I’m here buddy. And hey, here’s something you can run on involving your friend, Tom DeLuca:
It sure seems like Mr. DeLuca is under the influence of Supervisor Kathryn Luciani and fellow MAGA Moron, and your Republican Woodbury Mayoral Candidate, Brandon Calore. I don’t know about you, but I absolutely have a reasonable basis for the impression that someone is improperly influencing Mr. DeLuca. And while it may not be Vladimir Putin directly, it doesn’t seem like disparaging the Village he volunteers for seems like it’s in the best interests of that Village.
Oh hey, real quick, I can prove that the Town of Woodbury Democrats don’t work for residents, and work for the real estate developers. Ready? Name one time that Freiband, Fabbro, or David Yaffe (running for Town Board) has said anything about Tom DeLuca’s MAGA posts, or Brandon Calore’s MAGA posts.
Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Because the messaging from most Americans, concerning what they want from their Democrats specifically, are people fighting back against fascism.
Have you seen any of those three do that? Or even call for DeLuca to be removed from the Planning Board?
Nope!
Now let’s get back to the Tony Cardone Video
Now, if you’re guessing there’s something odd about this Cardone video that Mr. DeLuca shared, you’re not alone.
For one thing, it’s obvious Cardone didn’t make it. And if he didn’t, who did and who paid for it? Because it’s posted on his Town Supervisor Facebook Page, which means you probably paid for it. (Yes. We put in a FOIL request for that too.)
The other thing is that the Facebook Page this, and other videos, are posted on didn’t exist until June 28th, 2025.
Three days after Mr. Cardone defeated Convicted Felon Timothy Mitts in the Conservative Party Primary for Monroe Town Supervisor. And YEARS after Mr. Cardone first became Town Supervisor in Monroe, New York.
If you’re wondering who the two people are that Supervisor Cardone is following, one is Bill “Don’t Talk About My DWI” Kazadan’s Greater Monroe Chamber of Commerce. The other is Steve Thau’s Boy Scout Troop 440.
Steven Thau is running for the Monroe Town Board alongside Cardone and Houle, and can often be seen leaving comments on Cardone’s Facebook posts.
Thau, by the way, has a Blue Lives Matters flag as his Facebook icon. A lot of people consider the flag to be racist, because it’s heavily utilized by White Supremacists.
So, if you see Candidate Thau out and about in Monroe, you should ask him why his Facebook profile photo is a using an offensive flag.
With me so far?
Good. Because you may remember a recurring story here at The Monroe Gazette involves Supervisor Tony Cardone’s WTBQ radio program. Something that he does in his official capacity as Town Supervisor.
We can say this factually because Mr. Cardone routinely expenses as the town and uses your money to reimburse himself for the gas mileage back and forth to WTBQ.
Mr. Cardone has claimed he uses the time to discuss local events and what’s happening with the Town government. But he’s also used that time to promote Dorey Houle’s candidacy for State Senate. Something that could be considered illegal given that he’s using taxpayer money to promote political candidates during time that’s supposed to be for Town business.
Well, wouldn’t you know it, but it seems Mr. Cardone is at it again …
Mr. Dwayne Jordan, endorsed by the Conservatives and Republicans, is running against Genesis Ramos for the Orange County District 4 seat.
I think it’s a safe bet Mrs. Ramos was not given the same opportunity to speak on WTBQ that Mr. Jordan was. (We reached out to Mrs. Ramos to ask.)
Speaking of WTBQ, the guy who owns the station even dropped in on another post to heap praise on Mr. Cardone and his friends:
One More Thing …
I put in a FOIL request concerning the Town of Monroe’s new non-emergency hotline. So that’s why I haven’t turned this into a full story yet. Cardone claims the hotline received nine calls, the implication is that one of those calls is about the Walmart and Home Depot Parking Lot.
So I asked the Town to provide the list of the nine calls, who made them, what they were about, who handeled each of the calls (what department), and what the expense was to the taxpayers. Because if you’ll recall, this non-emergency hotline was not budgeted for, and Cardone-Houle-Thau are using it as a prop to distract you from Cardone’s refusal to negotiate with the Village of Monroe to expand their police presence.
THAT is the story. The Walmart and Home Depot parking lot, and Tom DeLuca spreading Russian style propoganda is just part of the bigger picture.