by Jillian Jorgensen

Mayor Bill de Blasio came to Staten Island to celebrate Italian-American heritage, diversity and his fellow Democrats on the eve of St. Joseph's Day, and also put in a good word for Domenic M. Recchia Jr.'s congressional campaign. The mayor attended the Richmond County Democratic Committee St Joseph's Day Dinner at La Strada Restaurant in New Dorp.

It was a night for Democrats -- and for Italian-Americans, whose city heritage Democratic Party Chair John Gulino referenced in introducing de Blasio. "We had Joe DiMaggio in center field, Frank Sinatra at Carnegie Hall, Fiorello LaGuardia at City Hall -- and now we have you leading our city," Gulino told de Blasio.

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Source: http://www.silive.com/