TWU Local 100 celebrated Italian-American heritage in Coney Island on Friday, and honored one officer for the 20 years of service he has devoted to the organization: Danny D'Amato, Vice President of the MTA Bus/PrivateLines/School Bus Department and a member of the TWU International Executive Board.
The annual event took place at Gargiulo's, which opened in 1904—only a few years before the first subway rolled out of City Hall. Opening the festive evening, MaBSTOA Division Chair Sean Battaglia said that “when you combine Italian culture with union culture, it’s an unstoppable force.” And that force, he said, is because of Local 100's diversity – “every culture, every race and every gender. That tells you what this union is all about.”
