Anthony Causi’s kindness, talent touched everyone in NY sports
The numbers are numbing, the tales terrifying. You can spend all day reading and learning and discussing COVID-19, and the way it affects our lives every day. You can spend a portion of every hour doing your part — praying, if that’s your way, or thinking positive thoughts, or keeping the afflicted close to your soul. And yet it doesn’t feel real u...
Father Leonard J. DiNola
Father Leonard J. DiNola, who served for 43 years as parochial vicar of three parishes in the archdiocese, died March 30. He was 87. Father DiNola was at St. Christopher, Buchanan, 1982-2001; St. Ann, Ossining, 1963-1982; and St. Roch, Staten Island, 1958-1963. Cardinal Dolan presided at the burial April 6 in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne. “...
One fortunate 90-year-old survived COVID-19, and offers hope
Anna Fortunato, a 90-year-old survivor of COVID-19, has a message for the rest of us: Do not be afraid. Do not despair. “Keep on fighting, have that positive attitude, and pray,” she says. “And get out of bed. Don’t stay in bed all the time. ... And I want to say to them, ‘If I did it, you can do it.’” That she is here to advise others is something...
Farewell to Attorney Joseph A. Sena, Jr. of White Plains, New York
The National Italian American Bar Association is an affinity bar association comprised of lawyers throughout the United States of America, Canada, and Italy. The Association intersects with Italian American bar associations and lawyers throughout Italy, and has begun exchange, recently, with the Australian Italian Bar Association. The President of...
AIHA & AIHM President DiNovo Easter Message
Without a doubt, the Coronavirus has changed our personal and professional lives. We are in compliance with present NYS guidelines by keeping closed the museum, gift shop, and thrift shop. In addition, all of our scheduled events have been cancelled or postponed until eventually life gets back to normal. Our tenant’s businesses are closed as well....
Queens author encourages others to value their dreams with new novel
Anthony Sciarratta, a Queens-based novelist, didn’t enjoy English until he attended college. But now he is set to release his second novel, “The Letter.” “The Letter,” set to be released April 28 through Post Hill Press, focuses on Victor Esposito, a writer who falls into a coma, and his love affair Eva Abram. After Abram hears the news over a tele...
Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is just a click (or call) away for Easter staples
Upset you can't do your usual Arthur Avenue run in light of the coronavirus? No worries. Many of the local shops in the Belmont Business Improvement District (BID) also known as the “Little Italy in the Bronx” are currently operating for curbside pick-up, takeout, delivery and mail-order shipping, with many featuring Easter specials. Here's where y...
Introducing Beatrice Alecci, Program Director of Casa Belvedere
If you’ve visited Casa Belvedere recently, you already know who Beatrice is. She’s the one who welcomes you with a hearty “Buonasera!”, inviting you to come in, get comfortable, and get ready to enjoy a culinary experience in one of our cooking classes, or a cultural presentation during our Tuesday evening cultural progam. If you’ve dropped off you...
Queens Pastor Father Gioacchino Basile, 60, succumbs to coronavirus
A second New York City priest has died because of the coronavirus, church officials said. Father Gioacchino Basile, pastor of Saint Gabriel’s in East Elmhurst, Queens, died Saturday. He was 60, church officials said. Basile’s death is the second for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, coming a week after Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, 49, who served...
This Brooklyn Landlord Just Canceled Rent for Hundreds of Tenants
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought life to a near standstill in New York City and caused an untold number of people to lose their jobs, tenants in the building did not need to pay April rent, it read. “STAY SAFE, HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS & WASH YOUR HANDS!!!” the landlord, Mario Salerno, wrote on the signs, which he posted at all of...
Tarallucci e Vino’s Owner Brings Italian Meals to NYC’s Healthcare Workers
Abruzzo native Luca Di Pietro opened the original Tarallucci e Vino restaurant in NYC’s East Village in 2001 and expanded to four other Manhattan locations in subsequent years. Earlier this month, he closed all but his Upper West Side eatery in response to efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the city. Now, in addition to providing take...
Governor Cuomo Sees Silver Lining in Spaghetti and Meatballs
On Sunday, New York’s 56th governor, Andrew Cuomo, gave another televised speech from Albany and ended it with how to find a silver lining during quarantine. In a rare twist, the governor shared a personal recommendation: spaghetti, meatballs, and sausage with family. “Everybody talks about how the Italians love the food. That’s true,” he said. “Bu...