The mayor of Yonkers, Mike Spano, declared June 21^st, 2019 Tiziano Thomas Dossena Day in Yonkers because of his many achievements in the publishing world.

Dossena is the author of “Caro Fantozzi,” published by Scriptum Press in December 2008, “Dona Flor, An Opera by van Westerhout,” published by Idea Publications in April 2010, “Sunny Days and Sleepless Nights,” published by Idea Press in December 2016 and of the upcoming three books The Dance of Color, The Rebirth of an Opera, and New York City’s Italian Imprint, the Statues and Monuments of and by Italians in the Big Apple.