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This is an excerpt from the introduction to An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians, a book by former Newsday reporter Paul Moses that is to be released July 7 by NYU Press. On those chilly March days when I walked home with the other boys from Mary Queen of Heaven School in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn in...

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and the American Italian Cancer Foundation are sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. On Friday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the foundation will be at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, located at 6200 Beach Channel Dr. in Arverne, to provide no-...

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Chef Antonio Mermolia and entrepreneur are two capatostas, an Italian expression meaning a volitional and stubborn type, someone who takes a different path despite knowing it will not be an easy one.    "Our chosen path is the Italy of the South, an auteur South that has still to be explored," explains Mermolia, "In particular I fo...

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by Joseph Spector   Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore will become the state's next chief judge if she's confirmed by the state Senate next year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday nominated DiFiore, 60, to head the state Court of Appeals, the state's top court.   Cuomo had until Tuesday to name a successor for Chief Ju...

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Italian American One Voice Coalition President Andre DiMino appeared on Ebru Today discussing the Italian stereotypes in the media from "The Sopranos", to " Jersey Shore", to Governor Chris Christie in Time Magazine.   You can watch the full interview here.

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Prende il via lunedì prossimo, 4 marzo, il primo appuntamento di "A Taste of Italy", l'iniziativa, inserita nel programma dell'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, organizzato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri dall'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington e dai nostri Consolati negli USA ed inaugurato lo scorso dicembre, a cura delle 7 Eccellenze...

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After the death of Sopranos star James Gandolfini, Douglas Rogers joins a tour of the show's familiar New Jersey landmarks. On a crowded corner of 39th Street and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, a roly-poly Italian-American man is selling Sopranos memorabilia to tourists from the back of a van. He has books, posters, New York number plates sa...

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Learn Italy New York and Meetup NYC Lingua Italiana: Circolo Letterario e Amici Nuovi have the pleasure to invite you all to our APERITIVO LEARN ITALY at Pizzeria Ribalta on Monday August 26th at 6.30pm.   Great occasion to meet all the native speakers members and teachers of LEARN ITALY NEW YORK, the only 100% Made in Italy school in New Yo...

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New York potrebbe avere un altro sindaco italoamericano. Il responso delle primarie democratiche non è ancora definitivo, ma Bill de Blasio è al momento oltre la soglia del 40% delle preferenze, quella necessaria per evitare il ballottaggio e presentarsi alle elezioni del 5 novembre come il candidato del partito, contro il repubblicano Joseph Lhota...

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by Carol Ann Benanti   As a means to further and expand the mission of St. Padre Pio and the newly founded St. Pio of Pietrelcina Society, Vincent Demonte, Stefano Sena and Maria Buonsante, owners of Bocelli Ristorante, hosted "Cooking with Chef Stefano." It was a festive affair, where down-home Italian specialties were prepared in grand fa...

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