Sal Albanese, who earned a reputation as a maverick during his 16 years representing Bay Ridge on the City Council in the 1980s and ’90s, is making another run for mayor, after a strong third place finish in the 1997 Democratic primary, an abandoned campaign in 2001 and a weak finish four years ago. This year, the 68-year-old Italian-born attorney,...

The organizers of the Columbus Day Parade are continuing their fight in defense of the Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Circle. A commission to be appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio will perform a 90-day review of monuments and memorials that may cause offense, and the 76-foot tall statue of the explorer has not been exempt, meaning it could...

Mayor de Blasio isn’t sure if Christopher Columbus is still statue-worthy, but a parade is a different story. “I will definitely be marching in the Columbus Day Parade,” de Blasio said Monday in Brooklyn. “The parade is a moment to express our pride in our Italian heritage, for all of us who are Italian, and for others to recognize the contribution...

Con un piatto di spaghetti all’amatriciana ha preso per la gola Bill de Blasio, l’attuale sindaco di New York, che la nomina excecutive chef di Gracie Mansion dopo la prova finale: una cena con sette portate italiane e asiatiche. Paola Aranci, quarantenne romana, di Monteverde, di strada ne ha fatta prima di arrivare nella Grande Mela un anno e mez...

Leave the knife and fork, take the cannoli. Mayor Bill de Blasio chowed down on some cannoli with his paisans on Staten Island to kick off his weeklong work stint in the borough. The pastries, from Royal Crown Bakery in Grasmere, were gifted to the mayor from Borough President James Oddo to welcome de Blasio to Borough Hall the only way Italians kn...

The terracotta statuette shows the new mayor -- who has spoken proudly of his Italian heritage -- smiling and waving and wearing an Italian flag band like the one donned by mayors in Italy. It is on sale in San Gregorio Armeno, the Naples neighbourhood specialising in Christmas crafts, alongside representations of the traditional Holy Family a...

For Gov. Christie, it's what gives him his "emotional" side. Mayor de Blasio credits it for providing his "energy and creativity," while former Sen. Al D'Amato points to it as the source of his work ethic.   And for the late Mario Cuomo, it spawned in him an early love for baseball — thanks to a kindred feeling for Joe DiMaggio — and the imp...

By Thomas Kaplan John A. Catsimatidis let Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo borrow a Gulfstream IV jet this spring so he could fly to Binghamton, N.Y., for a wedding. Bill de Blasio was a deputy to Mr. Cuomo during the Clinton administration; William C. Thompson Jr. was a chairman of Mr. Cuomo's gubernatorial campaign; and Joseph J. Lhota served in his adminis...

By Riccardo Chioni Mondomusica chiude oggi i battenti dopo una tre giorni a SoHo dedicata all'eccellenza italiana degli strumenti musicali di alto artigianato con l'endorsment del sindaco Bill de Blasio che si è detto "orgoglioso di ospitare la manifestazione nella capitale culturale del mondo". CremonaFiere da 27 anni organizza nella città di St...

by Colin Campbell   "Buongiorno!" Bill de Blasio exclaimed as he began a speech today. "Viva Italia!". The front-running mayoral candidate's Italian heritage was on full display this afternoon when he made an appearance at the end of the annual Columbus Day Parade in Bensonhurst, a neighborhood that was once the heart of Brooklyn's Ital...