Newsletter (May-June 2012).

Columbia Association of the Police Department, City of New York
COLUMBIA NEWS
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VOL.46, NO. 3
May — June
2012
SINCE 1932
Our President’s Message….
Hello all of Columbia,
On Friday May 18, 2012 we
held our annual 2012 Golf
Classic at the Clearview Golf
Course located in Bayside
Queens. There were lots of fun
to be had and lots of raffle
prizes for all the golfers that
attended this event. Once again
this year we had food and an
open bar at the prestigious
Valentino on the Green
Restaurant
which
is
conveniently located right next
door to the golf course. I want to thank the owners
of Valentino’s for their gracious hospitality.
Congratulations are in order for Board Officers
Louie Balsamo and Chris Pizzo for another
successful golf classic. Special thanks go out to
Deputy Inspector Vincent LaRusso for always
lending a helping hand in our Golf Classic.
This year’s Columbia Association’s Awards
Dinner at El Caribe was another huge success. A
great time was had by all that attended. A special
thanks to the Master of Ceremonies, First VicePresident Richard Angelitti, for another job well
done. Receiving the Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino
Award was Assistant Chief Alfred J. Materasso,
The Columbia Association’s “Man of the Year”.
Receiving the Columbia Association Humanitarian
Awards were businessmen, Jerome Bollettieri and
Anthony Gaudio. Receiving our Italian-American
Achievement Award was New York Jets Defensive
End, Mike DeVito. Receiving the Lieutenant Mario
Biaggi Award for Valor was Lieutenant Mark
Torre the Commanding Officer of the Bomb Squad.
Receiving the Police Officer Michael Melchiona
Award for Valor was Drug Enforcement
Administration Special Agent Anthony
Scotto. Receiving the Police Officer Arthur Pelo
Award for Valor was Police Officer Ralph Stallone
of Emergency Service Unit #5. Congratulations to all
of our award recipients. Salute! The Columbia
Association would like to extend gratitude to all of
the members that partook in this event and all of the
Fraternal and Union groups that supported our event
and made it a huge success. This being the eleventh
anniversary of the attack on the World Trade
Center, where we lost twenty-three members of the
service, a special tribute was made in their honor.
The Columbia Association will never forget the
heroes that gave the ultimate sacrifice on that
historic but tragic day.
On June 15, 2012 we held our annual
Columbia fishing trip aboard the charter boat,
Captain Jim III, in Freeport, Long Island. This year we
did not need a miracle for great weather. God
blessed us with a beautiful day. The boat was filled to
capacity with Columbia members and their families.
We were able to catch sea bass and porgies and a
couple of blue fish. Everyone that participated on the
fishing trip had a great time. It turned out to be a
beautiful sunny day. Thanks to Board Officers Chris
Pizzo and Louie Balsamo and all of the Board
Officers who helped make this event worthy. A
special thanks to 2nd Vice-President Emanuel Rossi
for taking all the pictures on the fishing trip making
the event memorable.
On June 24, 2012 the Columbia Association
attended the Lieutenant Detective Joseph Petrosino
Association in America Incorporated Annual Gala
held at Russo’s on the Bay. Congratulations to this
year’s award recipients, Acting Brooklyn Supreme
Court Justice George Grasso and Police
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly. They both
were also past recipients of the Columbia
Association’s Man of the Year Award.
On June 26, 2012 we held our annual High
School and College Scholarship Awards ceremony at
the Italian Charities Building located at 82-30 Queens
Boulevard. The ceremony started at 7PM sharp. The
annual High School and College Scholarship Awards
ceremony is named in memory of retired member
and past Board Officer Paul DiGiacomo Sr. Paul is
the father of past Columbia President Paul
DiGiacomo. The names of the award recipients will
be posted on the Columbia website. Thanks to
Board Officers Dyanne Marzano and Louis
Corrente for making this event a huge success.
On June 28, 2012 the Columbia Association
participated in the Lieutenant Detective Joseph
Petrosino Memorial Mass and Award Ceremony held
at Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church
located at 7201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn New York.
Our very own Monsignor Robert J. Romano
celebrated the Mass. It was a great turn out, thank
you all for showing your support.
On July 8th, 2012 at 11:00am a mass will be
held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church located
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President’s Message Continued….
at 275 North 8th Street honoring Distinguished Italian
Americans. This year’s honorees are Acting Brooklyn
Supreme Court Justice and former New York Police
Department’s 1st Deputy Commissioner, George
Grasso, Chief of Department Joseph Esposito and
your very own Columbia President Sergeant
Anthony Cesarano. Attend this special mass and
show your support.
On July 15, 2012 at 3:30pm the Columbia
Association will participate in the annual “Giglio” lift
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church located at 275
North 8th Street, Brooklyn New York. The Columbia
Association needs as many supporters that can
attend. The “Giglio” is very heavy so the more
people participating in the lift, the merrier. Come and
show your support and enjoy all the festivities.
Summer is right around the corner. It is the
time of year for happy events. Take the time out to
enjoy family and friends during this time of the year.
The Columbia Association would like to wish all of
their members a great summer. Why not make plans
this summer to attend the Columbia Association’s
annual Lake George Trip? There is still time to make
reservations. The trip will take place from Sunday
August 5, 2012 until Friday August 10, 2012.
Reservations will be made at the Quality Inn located
at beautiful Lake George. Saratoga Racetrack and
Casino is only 20 minutes away. There will be a
fireworks display on the lake on Thursday night,
August 9, 2012. To make a reservation call 518-6683525, press 0 to leave a message for Scott only and
tell him you are a Columbia Association member to
receive a special discounted price.
Recently the Columbia Association sent out a
mailing instructing each member about a new
accidental $4,000.00 death and dismemberment
benefit. This benefit is for all active and retired
members of the Columbia Association in good
standing. There is no additional cost to the member.
These benefits have been provided through the
cooperation of our organization and through the
affiliation with the Committee of Police Societies,
Incorporated (COPS) and the State General Agent
and the National Income Life Insurance Company
(NILICO), a New York State based company
servicing working families. A NILICO representative
will contact you to witness your beneficiary
designation, deliver your no-cost benefits and review
other supplemental insurance benefits that may be
available to you and your family. If you do not receive
your certificate of coverage or designate your
beneficiary as provided for by New York State law,
or if you have any questions, please call the National
Income Life Insurance Company at 1-800-503-1426 at
Timothy Caruso, NL Public Relations directly at 1917-439-4641.
The Columbia Association Scholarship Award
Raffles were mailed out to all Columbia members.
Send the Columbia Association Scholarship Award
Raffle books back along with your annual membership
dues as soon as possible. The Columbia Association
Scholarship Award Raffle prize winners will be
selected on October 8, 2012 at the Columbus Day
Parade luncheon. Special thanks go to 2nd Vice
President Emanuel Rossi for all his hard work in
coordinating the Columbia Association Scholarship
Award Raffles.
These are some of the upcoming events that
are on the radar. Check the Columbia website
frequently to keep abreast of all pertinent
information.
Let us push for memberships. If you have not
paid your dues for 2012 please see your delegate or
any Board Officer and support your organization. The
expression goes; we are only as strong as our
weakest link. You can download a membership
application on the Columbia website which is
www.nypdcolumbia.org.
Until next time, stay true to the Columbia
Association.
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Editor’s spot
May - June 2012
New York City Police Department
Columbia Association
Board of Officers
wwwnypdcolumbia.org
Executive Board
President ...............Anthony Cesarano............... (212) 274-4142
1st Vice President .....Rich Angeletti...................(718) 822-5815
2nd Vice President ......Emanuel Rossi.................(845) 902-0175
Executive Secretary .....R.J Coleman..................(212) 258-2840
Treasurer ................Kendra Damante.................(718) 972-7871
Recording Secretary.....Christopher Pizzo........ (212) 477-7444
Corresponding Secretary....Tony Quagliariello. (646) 210-9170
Sergeant At Arms ....Sal Ferrante….....................(718) 875-6850
“Mr Italy”
Ciao, My Fellow Paisans
A lot has happened since our last newsletter.
Chief Alfred Materasso was voted “Man of the
Year”, at the annual dinner dance at El Caribe
this past May 4,2012. Congratulations to him and
to all the other honorees. The event was a success
and everyone had a great time. Thank you Mike
Devito from the New York Jets for attending and
letting us honor a great Italian American.
On, May 18, 2012 we held our Annual Golf
Outing at the Clearview Golf Course followed by
a delicious luncheon held at Valentino’s on the
Green. Everyone attended had a great time. The
weather must have been ordered by Chief Monsignor Robert Romano!!!! Thank You, because it
was Sun, Sun, and more Sun. It was another successful event held by the golf committee. Our appreciation also goes out to Chris and Anthony for
all your hard work and to all of our sponsors who
helped make this a year’s event a successful one .
On a different note, the Feast of St. John
the Baptist was held on June 24th, 2012 in Florence Italy. For over 1500 years the city has been
honoring this patron saint. Celebrations start several days before and on the day itself. Shops and
restaurants are closed so the entire city can celebrate this holy event. On that morning, festivities
are kicked off with a procession through the city,
starting in Piazza Signorina. It continues towards
the Baptistery where a mass is held with an offering of candles. In the afternoon, one of the most
important events linked to this day takes place. A
traditional Florentine soccer match is held in Santa Croce. The game is similar to Rugby or American Football and can often be very aggressive.
The special day comes to a close with fireworks
over the Arno River in Piazza Michelangelo!
In closing, please check out the new section of the
newsletter “Famous Italian Americans”.
Have a great summer. See you in September!
Ciao, Louis J. Balsamo… Editor
Editor .......................Louis Balsamo................... (718) 845-2201
Public Relations Dir….....John DelGaudio............(917) 757-1456
Financial Secretaries
Manhattan …………...Anthony Burgio….… (212) 741-4811
Brooklyn……….……..Vincent Aprea……... (718) 629-1220
Queens …………….....Matthew Cioffi…….. (718) 476-7595
Bronx………………....Steven Berger……… (718) 548-1250
Staten Island ……....John Peruffo..……… (718) 876-7606
Retiree’s………….…..Nat Infurna ………… (516) 747-1389
Life Member………….Phil Repaci Sr……... (718) 758-4475
Trustees
Manhattan………….Russ Maturo………...…(212) 239-9801
Manhattan………….Louis Corrente……...…(212) 477-9790
Manhattan………... Andrew Carraro…..….(212) 927-3200
Brooklyn…………....Michael Mongelli……..(516) 732-5961
Brooklyn…..………….Brett Raso…………….(516) 476-2752
Brooklyn…………….Michael Spezio………..(917) 531-7787
Queens………………Stephen Salazer……….(718) 533-2011
Queens………………Dyanne Marzano…..….(718) 279-5200
Bronx……………. ...Richard Citarella…… .(718) 292-6161
Bronx………………..Rocco Ruscitto….…….(914) 755-0606
Staten Island ………...Michael Alfieri...…… (917) 575-0009
Citywide……….....Alessandro Pizzirusso…(718) 876-8959
Directors & Advisors
Special Assistant to the President: Phil Panzarella …(631) 965-7290
Travel..................................John Martini.............(718) 848- 1858
Health……………………….………Dr. Brian Mignola
(718) 816-9056
Legal…………………………...….Stuart Salles…..…...(212) 267-9090
Legal………………………...….James Moschella….…(212) 233-3800
Spiritual……………...DC Msgr. Robert Romano....(646) 610-6472
Spiritual…………………..…Msgr. David Cassato…(718) 259-9146
Past Presidents
Frank Ventura………………………...… (212) 610-6910
Paul DiGiacomo………………………..….(212) 587-1000
Giovanni Porcelli………………………....(718) 702-2200
Stephen P. Chiarini.............................(516) 887-5737
John Bucalo.........................................(631) 669- 9023
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Financial Secretaries Corner
Financial Secretaries Corner
Manhattan
Bronx
Anthony Burgio
Steven Berger
Greetings! Hoping you and your
families had a Happy Easter! Our Cigar Night, which was held at Club
Macanudo in Manhattan, was a great
success! Thank you to all of the membership who came to the event to
support us! If you still haven't paid
your 2012 dues, please see your Precinct Delegate, any Board Officer, or
you can do so online via ESS. It is not
too late. Also, a big thank you to the
Manhattan Columbia Association delegates for doing a great job so far in 2012 with signing up members.
Your hard work is greatly appreciated! Until next time, be safe and
wear your vests!!
To my fellow Bronx Columbia members
A new year is upon us. Lets make this
year a good one. Every current member
should go out and recruit as many members as possible. Membership is the backbone of this organization. Everyone
should take advantage of the new enrollment for the Columbia Ass. in the CAPS
system. Also, anyone interested in becoming a delegate in their command,
Please contact Steve Berger 917-4406202. Stay Safe.
Staten Island
Brooklyn
John Peruffo
Vincent Aprea
Bongiorno! Spring is in the air and
that means the annual dinner dance
is soon here. I hope to see a strong
showing from our Brooklyn members. I still want to stress the importance of membership in our
great association. Delegates I encourage you to bring in new members and to the members I urge you
to sign up new member all year
long. I cannot stress the value of
fraternity enough. It's that which
brought me to meet the finest people and made me able to be part of the Emergency Service Unit
and Aviation Unit. Being a Columbia member has benefits that go
beyond the parade and dinner dances. Let's make the Brooklyn
membership the shining example of what fraternity is about
Queens
Matthew Cioffi
Greetings from the great Boro of
Queens ! I would like to welcome new
Delegates Tom Diorio of the 106 Pct
and Sgt Lisa Holmes of PSA 9. Go get
'em ! I would be remiss if I didn't mention the terrific efforts of Steve Dinko
and Corso of the 107 Pct. and Det John
Bellico of the 100 squad-your efforts
have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated ! Congrats to Lt Pete Libranti on
his promotion and reassignment as co
delegate at the 103 Pct. His presence
will aid the already great job undertaken every year by PO Rich Anzalone. Any delegates I didn't mention
May rest assured that I haven't forgotten you . God Bless and everyone stay safe !
Greetings from Staten Island
Please see your Delegates to pay your
2012 membership dues. I would like to
have more of the Staten Island membership attend the our general meetings.
The meetings are fun and informative.
We all can get to know one another
better. We do car pool from the V.Z.
Bridge monument to make it more convenient with the cost of tolls and travel.
General meetings are held the fourth
Tuesday of the month. You can contact
me at anytime.
John.Peruffo@nypd.org
All the Best !!
Life Member
Phil Repaci Sr.
All of the members received a accidental (death) insurance application
provided to us through COPS. As you
see in our death notices life member
Thomas Florio passed away. His demise was the result of an accidental
fall causing further complications that
lead to his death. The death benefit is
$4000.00. His beneficiaries received
the check. So if you didn't fill out the
application you should because you
never know. We got summer with a
heat wave but now it seems to have settled down. Clean off the golf
clubs and fishing poles and have a good summer and be careful.
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RETIRED DESK:
May - June 2012
Death Announcements
By Nat Infurna
Retired Financial Secretary
MEMBERSHIP: as of may 31, 2012
RETIRED.......................429
The Columbia Association Mourns
The Loss Of:
LIFE..............................1075
DELINQUENT............ 20
۩Pray for the repose soul of
Retired Member Ron J. DeVito son of Life member
Ronald (Ron) DeVito.
THE FOLLOWING ARE DELINQUENT MEMBERS:
Valerie Buscemi
Paul Muschitiello
۩Pray for the repose soul of
Angela Toscano mother of Life Member Frank
Toscano
Mark Capalbo
Dawn Oliva
Michael Ciaburri
Nicohlas Pandolfo
Dom Console
Rita Pearl
Anthony Franzese
Michael Pioli
Harry D'Onofrio father of past Board Officer John
D’Onofrio.
Beverly Gross
Francis Rella
Pray for the repose soul of
James Guma
Michael Spagnuolo
Life member Angelo Grande.
Alan Vaccaro
Guy Muratore
Joseph Iorio
David Vigada
Nicholas Lapadula
John Zerillo
۩Pray for the repose soul of
Richard Lorenzo
Dues for retired members are $25.00 make check payable to
COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION NYPD
Send to Nat Infurna 188 Brown St. Mineola NY 11501.
SCHOLARSHIP DONATION:
Frank Marchione
Please consider donating your $400 death benefit to the
SCHOLARSHIP FUND for a one time tax deduction.
PRAYERS:
For Ron Devito son of Life Member and PBA board member Ron
Devito who recently passed away.
Pray for Angela Toscano mother of Life Member Frank Toscano and
PBA board member.
Pray for all members
Italian Word of the Month
May
Colpire = to hit
June
La Padella = frying pan
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Italy Today
May - June
2012
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Famous Italian Americans
Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921) was an American lawyer and political activist from Maryland
who served in the Cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bonaparte was Secretary of the Navy and then Attorney
General. While Attorney General, he created the Bureau of Investigation (now the FBI). He was a great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I of the French.
Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4, 1946) is an
American actress. She has worked in movies and television since 1969, and
won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995
film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four
films before that and has received other recognition for her work.
Sophia Loren, (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; 20 September 1934) is
an Italian actress. In 1962, Loren, among 21 other awards, won the Academy Award
for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, becoming the first actress to win
an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Loren has won several
international awards, including one Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award,
a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. Her other films include: Houseboat (1958), El
Cid (1961), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian-Style (1964), and A
Special Day (1977). She has received critical and commercial success in TV movies
such as Courage (1986) and in American blockbusters such as Grumpier Old
Men (1995), and Nine (2009). In 1994 she starred in Robert Altman's Ready to Wear,
which earned her a Golden Globe nomination the same year. In 1995 she received
the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements. In 2011 she dubbed one of
the characters of Pixar blockbuster Cars 2 for non-English speaking markets.
In 1999, Loren was listed by the American Film Institute on AFI's 100 Years... 100
Stars as #21 of 25 American female screen legends of all time. In 2002, she was
honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at its annual Anniversary Gala and was inducted into its Italian American Hall of Fame. In 2009,
the Guinness Book of World Records recognized her as "Italy's Most Awarded Actress". In 1991, she received an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievements.
The same year, the Republic of France awarded her a Distinction of la Légion d'honneur (the Legion of Honor) with the grade of Chevalier (Knight). In 1994, she was
awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1997, Loren was invested Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della
Repubblica Italiana (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic). In 2010, she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale by the Imperial Family of
Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association.
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PHOTOS
Bureau Chief Izzo gets an award from Lt. Petrosino Lodge 285.
May - June 2012
Dinner Dance Photos
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Fishing Trip 2012
1st, 2nd and 3rd place fish.
World record for smallest fish ever!!!!
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