Columbia Association of the Police Department, City of New York

COLUMBIA News

Affiliated with the National Council of Columbia Associations

In Civil Service, Inc. and the National Coalition of

Italian American Law Enforcement Organizations

Fraternity n Integrity n Charity

VOL.49, NO. 2 March– June 2015 SINCE 1932

ONLINE ISSUE

Our President’s

Message….

First and foremost, I would like to apologize for the tardiness of this newsletter. We have so much go-ing on in such a short period of time and I wanted to be sure we were able to get the information out to our members. So I hope you enjoy this double issue. It is filled with many events, photos, and information.

Our Texas Hold’em Tournament was a tremendous success. The hall was filled to capacity and there were lots of prizes for the winners. Thank you to all of the players who participated and congratulations to all of our winners. A special thank you to Queens Trustee Mike Mongelli who coordinates this event every year. Great job Mike by you and your committee.

This year’s Annual Dinner Dance was held on May 8th at El Caribe in Brooklyn. Our Man-of-the Year was Inspector Joseph Gallucci of the Counter Terrorism Bureau. Inspector Gallucci has always been a staunch supporter of this organization and is a well-deserved recipient of this award. Our three Medal of Val-or winners were Andrew Dossi (46th Pct), Marc Fontana (70th Pct), and Tony Cuoco (75th Pct). These officers exhibited courage under some difficult circumstances and were truly deserving of the honor they received. Our Entrepreneur Award was bestowed upon Robert Catalano. Robert was truly honored to receive this award and made a generous donation to our scholarship fund. Thank you Robert for your generosity and support of this organization. Our Italian-American Achievement Award was given to Vic DiBitetto. Vic is very proud of his Italian ancestry and was humbled that our organization honored him. He is truly a class act. A very special thank you goes out to 1st Vice-President Manny Rossi and his committee as well as Sal Ferrante, Steve Salazer, and Dyanne Marzano of the Journal Committee. You guys did a tremendous job.

Friday, June 12 is our Annual Golf Outing at Pelham/Split Rock Golf Course. If you haven’t signed up to play, please contact Dyanne Marzano or Anthony Cesarano. Our Fishing Trip is on Friday, June 26 out in Freeport. Contact John Passarella and Chris Pizzo for more information. Flyers for both of these events can be found in this newsletter and online at www.nypdcolumbia.org.

The event every cigar aficionado has been waiting for has finally been scheduled. Our Fifteenth Anni-versary Cigar Event will take place on Friday, July 31 at the exclusive, members-only Grand Havana Room. Tickets for this event will sell out quickly so don’t wait. No tickets will be sold at the door, so be sure to get your tickets in advance. Don’t get left out!

As you can see, we have quite a few things going on here at Columbia. I want to take this opportunity

to thank the entire Board of Officers for all of the hard work they do to make this organization successful. I

also want to thank our members for being part of this tremendous fraternal organization. Please take the time

to promote our organization and to help recruit new members. I look forward to seeing you at one of our

many upcoming events.

Richard Angeletti President.

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Executive Board President Richard Angeletti (718) 822-5815

1st Vice President Emanuel Rossi (845) 902-0175

2nd Vice President Kendra Damante (718) 972-7871

Executive Secretary Louis J. Balsamo (718) 845-2201

Treasurer Anthony Burgio (212) 741-4851

Recording Secretary Christopher J. Pizzo (516) 318-3545

Corresponding Sec Anthony Quagliariello (646) 210-9170

Sergeant At Arms Salvatore Ferrante (718) 637-4151

Editor Andrew Carraro (718) 869-9988

Public Relations John DelGaudio (917) 757-1456

Financial Secretaries

Manhattan R.J. Coleman (212) 477-9790

Brooklyn Michael Spezio (646) 634-7223

Queens Dyanne Marzano (718) 279-5200

Bronx Steven Berger (718) 548-1250

Staten Island John Peruffo (718) 815-8608

Retiree's Nat Infurna (516) 747-1389

Trustees Manhattan Anthony Cucuzza (347) 672-5024

Manhattan Michael Alfieri (917) 575-0009

Manhattan Sebastiano Bonanno (646)210-9418

Brooklyn Raplph Cilento (646) 773-0712

Brooklyn Alessio Bono (347) 538-9161

Brooklyn John Passarella (516) 512-7015

Queens Stephen Salazer (718) 533-2011

Queens Michael Mongelli (516) 732-7961

Bronx Richard Citarella (718) 292-6161

Bronx Anthony Lombardo (917) 843-4049

Staten Island

Citywide Louis Corrente (718) 670-9721

Directors & Advisors Life Member Rep Phil Rapaci Sr. (718) 758-4475

Special Assistant to

the President Phil Panzarella (631) 965-7290

Travel. John Martini 718) 848- 1858

Health Dr. Brian Mignola (718) 816-9056

Health Dr. Joseph J. Ciuffo (718) 541-8962

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 Anthony Cesarano (646) 529-4310

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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New York City Police Department

Columbia Association

Board of Officers wwwnypdcolumbia.org

Hello Columbia,

We are well into 2015 now, we still

have some great events coming up. Please

check our website for future events. In July

we will be having our 15th annual Cigar

Night. This event will be above and beyond

any of our prior years. The Grand Havana

Room is ultra-exclusive venue, so get your

tickets fast we anticipate a complete sellout

of this event. Our 2015 annual dinner

dance was acknowledged as one of our

better if not best of all time. Thank you to

all who attended and made it such a suc-

cess. Columbus Day is right around the

corner. I call out to all our membership, we

as an organization show our support for

our Italian heritage this day. Come out and

march up 5th avenue with us. Don’t forget

to pay your dues if you haven't already.

Until next time……...

Andrew Carraro Editor

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MAR/APR ISSUE

MEMBERSHIP as of Apr.30,2015

Retired..............................387

Life..................................1052

Delinquent....................... 68

DELINQUENT MEMBERS:

Daniel Alfieri

James Antario

Vincent Aprea Sr.

Sal Bertocci

Bruce Bovino

Joseph Butta

Peter Calabrese

Joseph Calderera

Thomas Cannella

Sal Carcaterra

Cathleen Casella

Vincent Ciancio

Robert Concilio

Dom Conciatori

Dom Console

Robert Sena

Demetrois Skordas

Pat Testaverde

Lenny Torricelli

Thomas Ulrich

Guy Valastro

John Valenti

Joseph Weibel

NEW LIFE MEMBERS as of Dec.31,2015

William Clifford Paul Galbo

STAY SAFE!!!!!!!!! Until the next time CIAO!!!!!!!!

Retired Desk

By

NAT

Infurna

Retired members

Financial secretary

Michael Cordaro

Robert Cotumaccio

Joseph Culbert

Vincent Damodio

Lou Delcastello

Dom Digennaro

Anthony Digregorio

Jack Dowd

Vincent Esposito

Charles Ferraro

Ray Foy

Michael Fratangelo

Thomas Fraumeni

Robert Gentile

Gerard Iucci

Phil Repaci Jr

Michael Rosano

Ed Roome

Lou Russell

Thomas Ruskin

Dan Sacco

Joseph Sanfilippo

Joellen Schmalix

Ted Selzter

Robert Jennings

Joseph Larusso

Michael Leto

Ignatius Licato

William Macbride

William Marchello

Keith Maresca

Ed Martello

Anthony Mastandria

Barbara Mcnulty

Michael Morra

John Moore

John Moran

Andrew Nolfo

Lawrence Nunziata

Richard Ornstein

John Paccione

Anthony Padula

Frank Parker

Jerome Parrino

John Picerno

Chris Porcu

Lisa Pues

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Death Notice

It is with heavy heart and sadness, I announce the loss

of past President Anthony Cesarano’s father Nicola

Cesarano. Mr. Cesarano is photographed here with

Anthony's Mother Maria at their 50th wedding anni-

versary. Mr. Cesarano was always supporting his son

Anthony and this great organization. We all extend

our deepest sympathies to the Anthony and the

Cesarano family in this time of Loss.

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Event Montage

March General Meeting

Event Montage

April General Meeting

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Event Montage

May General Meeting

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Event Montage

Annual Dinner Dance

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upcoming events

General Meetings

June 23rd, 2015

Sept. 22nd, 2015

Oct. 12th 2015

Nov 24th, 2015

All meeting are held at the

Italian Charities of America

83-20 Queens Blvd

Elmhurst, NY

*October General Meeting is held Post Columbus Day Parade

Events

Annual Golf Outing

Friday June 12th

See Flyer Page 11

Annual Fishing Trip

Thursday June 26th

See Flyer Page 10

15th Annual Cigar Night

Friday July 31st

See Flyer Page 12

Lake George Trip

Sunday August 16th to

Friday August 21st

See Flyer page 8

Columbia Association

Wreath Laying Ceremony

Sunday October 11th

Columbus Circle

Columbus Day Parade

Monday October 12th

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