On Sunday, Nov. 3, the Vito Marcantonio Forum sponsored an event at Gaetana's Cucina Italiana restaurant in Greenwich Village.

The forum honors the memory of Vito Marcantonio. Marcantonio, a protégée of LaGuardia and one of the most progressive Congressmen in history, has been called the Thaddeus Stevens of the 20th century. Marcantonio represented East Harlem from the late 1930's to the early 1950's. Like LaGuardia, Marcantonio was a member of the American Labor Party, although he usually ran on multiple party lines.

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