Passonno Paints is a fourth-generation, family-owned business that has been producing and selling surface coatings for nearly 100 years.  

We are one of the largest distributors of architectural and industrial coatings to manufacturers, builders, property owners, institutions, municipalities, and contractors in the Capital Region of New York State. 

Our mission is to offer our clients a wide selection of quality products at competitive prices while providing them with our customary, unsurpassed level of customer service.

In addition to providing customers with the products they need at great prices, Passonno Paints has a decorator on staff who can provide in-store color and palette consultation.

Come in or call today to speak with a representative about all of your painting needs.

 In 1920, Fred Passonno began working in a small paint store in Troy, NY before joining the Benjamin Moore Company of New York as manager of Eastern Regional Sales.

After a transfer to Cleveland, he became General Manager of Benjamin Moore’s Midwest Division where he obtained the experience required to operate a paint factory. 

In 1926, Fred formed the Passonno Hutcheon Company, with manufacturing facilities in Cleveland OH, Troy NY, and Boston MA, and sold paint under the OLO (Old Linseed Oil) label.  Shortly thereafter, Fred and his three sons purchased the James Roy Woolen Mill, located on the banks of the Hudson River in Watervliet NY, where they began manufacturing paint under the Passonno Paints label. 

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Passonno Paints is pleased to announce its corporate partnership with New York State Industries for the Disabled (NYSID) to assist NYSID in fulfilling its mission of creating sustainable employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and qualified veterans. The partnership also enables NYSID the opportunity to provide surface coatings as Preferred Source Commodities to its customers, including state and local government, PBCs, school and fire districts, SUNY, CUNY, and community colleges. NYSID customers benefit from purchasing Preferred Source Commodities because they are exempt from the statutory competitive bidding requirements of New York State.

NYSID is one of three Preferred Source Agencies in New York State, established via Article XI, Section 162 of the New York State Finance Law in order to advance special social and economic goals related to the employment of New Yorkers with disabilities. Under this law, when certain commodity or service offerings meet the purchasing needs of a state or local government agency, public benefit corporation, and some public authorities, those purchases must be made through the Preferred Source Program. NYSID is a facilitating agency of the program and is the only Preferred Source to offer surface coatings as a Preferred Source Commodity.

To learn more about the NYS Preferred Source Program, please click the link below.

https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement/preferred-sources

If you’re a state agency, public benefit corporation, municipality, or school district that wishes to purchase surface coatings from NYSID, an NYS Preferred Source, please visit their website by clicking the link below.

https://shop.nysid.org/mro/paint.html

If you have product-related questions or would like NYSID to offer a specific surface coating as a Preferred Source Commodity, please call Passonno Paints at 518-273-3822.

Thank you for your help in supporting the creation of employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and qualified veterans.

 “The service at Passonno Paints was awesome!” - Tim K., East Greenbush, NY

“They matched my color exactly.” - Michele T., Latham, NY

 “I painted my house with their Exterior Acrylic 11 years ago, and it looks like I painted yesterday.” - Mike R., Averill Park, NY