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  • Art & Culture

    New York’s NIAF Gala Celebrates Italian Culture

    Alex Catti(March 17, 2017)
    March 22 marks a special evening for Italians, Italian Americans, and anyone who loves Italian culture. The National Italian American Foundation will be holding its annual New York Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street. Dinner, entertainment, and awards are sure to create a memorable night.
  • Life & People

    Grandparents & Grandchildren. Matilda and Amanda.

    (June 16, 2016)
    Let’s talk about generations. About generations who talk to one another. Our first conversation – aired on TV and partly available online – is between Matilda Cuomo and Amanda Cole. Their extraordinary talk touches upon everything from immigration to religion, from language to cooking and traveling in Italy, and culminates in an emotional and for us unscripted moment when grandmother and granddaughter decide to read a letter written in 1999 by Governor Mario Cuomo (Amanda’s grandfather and father of the current governor, Andrew), a kind of spiritual last will and testament for his thirteen grandchildren.
  • Facts & Stories

    Honoring Legacies and Projecting Towards the Future at NIAF’s New York Gala

    R. C.(April 17, 2015)
    The Kickoff celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) took place at Cipriani’s in New York. This year a new award was given out: the Mario Cuomo Award in community leadership and public service, received by Attorney General Janet Di Fiore. Present at the Gala were also various prominent Italian American figures, such as the current Governor Andrew Cuomo, NIAF president John Viola, actors Chazz Palminteri and Ralph Macchio, news anchor Ken Rosato, chairman of NIAF Joseph Raso, and many others. All had great input on many topics regarding Italian American culture, integration, discourse, as well as the connection with Italy, especially in view of Expo Milano.
  • Facts & Stories

    Mario Cuomo Award in Public Service Presented at Niaf New York Gala

    i. I.(April 02, 2015)
    The Mario M. Cuomo Award in Public Service will be presented for the first time by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at the legendary Cipriani 42nd Street during the Foundation’s New York Spring Gala on April 8, 2015.New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is planning to attend the ceremony to honor his late father.
  • Op-Eds

    Between Columbus and Cuomo

    Jerry Krase(January 02, 2015)
    With the sad announcement of the death of Mario Cuomo on the same day of the inauguration of his son Andrew for the second time as Governor of New York State, people, like myself are rushing to comment on his legacy. I have heard and read many ranging from the insulting to the fawning. Like all great people, he and his many lives were complex and require much more time to appreciate. Therefore I offer here a piece of what I wrote in 1992 decorated with some current and sincere reflections.
  • Mario Cuomo's 1984 Convention Speech
    Facts & Stories

    Mario Cuomo: 1932-2015. Some Personal Reflections

    Anthony J. Tamburri(January 02, 2015)
    "He was, surely, an inclusive liberal, believing in the freedom of the individual as well as the government’s guarantees of individual rights and liberties: a form of government, namely, that was free of prejudice and bigotry, and that allowed freedom of action with specific regard to issues of personal expression and beliefs."
  • Facts & Stories

    An Italian-American Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage into Law. The split among Italian-American Senators crucial to the passage.

    Ottorino Cappelli(June 27, 2011)
    Pop star Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta a.k.a. Lady Gaga, celebrating the passage of the bill with her friends. The picture was posted on Lady Gaga’s Twitter account via Blackberry on Saturday, June 25, and was seen 243,695 times in the first 24 hours. The caption says: "The revolution is ours to fight for love, justice+equality. Rejoice NY, and propose. We did it!!!" (twitpic.com/5gehdu)

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