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di Stefano Vaccara Natalia Quintavalle, la prima donna italiana a diventare console generale a New York, dopo 4 anni alla guida della sede diplomatica di Park Avenue presto sarà incaricata per un' altra missione. La sua partenza era prevista per la fine dell'anno ma il suo mandato è stato però prolungato di qualche mese anche in vista della visita...

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by JTA   New York state is allocating $1.5 million in state funds for a memorial commemorating the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The New York Times reported Monday that the memorial will consist of steel panels on the former Triangle building in New York City. The building in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Man...

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By John Alexander   On June 14, hundreds of guests gathered at the Dyker Beach Golf Club to celebrate Mary Crisalli Sansone's 100th birthday. In attendance were dignitaries, elected officials, such as Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and family members. Also present were Sansone's close friends, including Matilda...

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by Leigh Haugh   Mario Cuomo, the former New York governor, has been hospitalized for an undisclosed heart condition, according to the governor's office. The news was announced on Saturday, November 29. The 82-year-old father of current Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) was a three-term Democratic governor of New York, from which the elder states...

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The state Conference of Italian-American Lawmakers honored Gov. Andrew Cuomo, acclaimed rock drummer Liberty DeVitto and actor Tony Danza in the Well of the Legislative Office Building at noon Monday amid a plenitude of good food. The governor did not attend, but met with the honorees later in the day.   DeVitto, whose resume includes years...

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by John Calvelli, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Executive Vice President   "On behalf of the National Italian American Foundation's Board of Directors, we congratulate Westchester County District Attorney Janet M. DiFiore on her nomination as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, by Governor A...

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Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino angered Italian-American leaders Monday by comparing Gov. Cuomo's handling of the anti-corruption Moreland Commission to the actions of a mafia boss.   Astorino used the mafia comparison to mock Cuomo's argument that his administration only gave "advice" the Moreland Commission and did not inter...

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Una vittoria schiacciante come quella di quattro anni fa è quanto auspicano gli aderenti del ricostituendo Comitato europeo per Andrew Cuomo 2014.   La ricandidatura di Cuomo a Governatore dello Stato di New York ha nuovamente entusiasmato gli animi di tante persone felici di sostenere ancora una volta un Uomo che ha dimostrato durante gli a...

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A freedom of speech lawsuit was presented in Federal Court in Albany on Thursday, involving the Wandering Dago food truck, the Office of General Services and New York Racing Association. Earlier this year, the food truck was denied a permit to operate at the Empire State Plaza for its summer outdoor lunch program overseen by OGS. Officials sai...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Prove elettorali per la corsa alla poltrona di Albany con il governatore democratico Andrew Cuomo che corteggia i repubblicani per la sua rielezione e due probabili candidati repubblicani che vorrebbero sfrattarlo: l'illustre sconosciuto county executive di Westchester Rob Pastorino e il miliardario Donald Trump che al m...

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