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by Leigh Haugh   Mario Cuomo, the former New York governor, has been hospitalized for an undisclosed heart condition, according to the governor's office. The news was announced on Saturday, November 29. The 82-year-old father of current Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) was a three-term Democratic governor of New York, from which the elder states...

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The state Conference of Italian-American Lawmakers honored Gov. Andrew Cuomo, acclaimed rock drummer Liberty DeVitto and actor Tony Danza in the Well of the Legislative Office Building at noon Monday amid a plenitude of good food. The governor did not attend, but met with the honorees later in the day.   DeVitto, whose resume includes years...

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by John Calvelli, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Executive Vice President   "On behalf of the National Italian American Foundation's Board of Directors, we congratulate Westchester County District Attorney Janet M. DiFiore on her nomination as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, by Governor A...

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Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino angered Italian-American leaders Monday by comparing Gov. Cuomo's handling of the anti-corruption Moreland Commission to the actions of a mafia boss.   Astorino used the mafia comparison to mock Cuomo's argument that his administration only gave "advice" the Moreland Commission and did not inter...

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Una vittoria schiacciante come quella di quattro anni fa è quanto auspicano gli aderenti del ricostituendo Comitato europeo per Andrew Cuomo 2014.   La ricandidatura di Cuomo a Governatore dello Stato di New York ha nuovamente entusiasmato gli animi di tante persone felici di sostenere ancora una volta un Uomo che ha dimostrato durante gli a...

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A freedom of speech lawsuit was presented in Federal Court in Albany on Thursday, involving the Wandering Dago food truck, the Office of General Services and New York Racing Association. Earlier this year, the food truck was denied a permit to operate at the Empire State Plaza for its summer outdoor lunch program overseen by OGS. Officials sai...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Prove elettorali per la corsa alla poltrona di Albany con il governatore democratico Andrew Cuomo che corteggia i repubblicani per la sua rielezione e due probabili candidati repubblicani che vorrebbero sfrattarlo: l'illustre sconosciuto county executive di Westchester Rob Pastorino e il miliardario Donald Trump che al m...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended the work of an anti-corruption commission Monday — saying the fact that the now-defunct panel ultimately disregarded the advice of his office is proof of its independence.   It's an argument that GOP gubernatorial candidate and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino later called "gobbledygook," while likening th...

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By John M. Viola   New York is my home state. It is a state with a large and well-developed Italian American population and, of course, an important role in the history of our community in the United States.   So it should come as no surprise that in its impending gubernatorial election we see Italian American candidates on both sides...

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di Paolo Valentino   QUella mattina del 1986, il governatore Mario Cuomo si stava facendo la barba, mentre contemporaneamente leggeva alcuni documenti d'ufficio.   Erano i rapporti del Dipartimento dell'Educazione sull'aumento vertiginoso dei tassi di abbandono scolastico nel suo Stato, lo Stato di New York. Ogni anno centinaia d...

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