New York Supreme Court Justice Dominic R. Massaro, one of only a dozen Italian Americans conferred Knight of the Grand Cross of the Italian Republic, who is President of the American Society of the Italian Legions of the Merit, has been conferred Knight of the Grand Cross in the Royal Order of Francis I by H.R.H. Prince Carlo di Borbone, Duke of Castro and Head of the Royal House of Bourbon - Two Sicilies.