Someone has some 'splainin' to do. When asked later by reporters about it, where he was caught red-handed, Mastroianni just ran away, giving no comment. There's dumb and then there's Republican dumb. Source: WRGB Scotia, NY (WRGB) — NYS Assembly Republican candidate Joe Mastroianni spoke to reporters Wednesday evening after CBS6 first reported on a controversial video, in which the candidate appeared to steal political mail from a voter's mailbox. Stealing mail is a federal offense. Ring video provided by the law office of Frank Salamone, who's also the Schenectady County Democratic Committee chairman, shows Mastroianni appears to be stealing an election mailer sent by incumbent Assemblymember Angelo Santabarbara.