Natalia Quintavalle, the first woman appointed as Italy's consul general to New York State, visited the Capitol to visit both legislative chambers and accept a resolution of welcome from state Sen. David Carlucci, in his capacity as president of the Conference of Italian-American state legislators.

Quintavalle, currently the interim head of the Italian Cultural Institute, has since 2011 run the consulate covering New York as well as Connecticut and New Jersey as well as Bermuda. (Must be nice, right?)

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