The Mexican-born mayor of Coldwater, Iowa was accused of voting illegally as a noncitizen. Many of his neighbors want state and federal officials to back off. Locals stood by their mayor. #UticaNY must stand by our immigrant neighbors!

#OTD (Oct 07) in 1917, Salvatore #LaFata, former business partner of Joseph #Aiello in #UticaNY, is found murdered in #Buffalo.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#Roadtrip to the Munson Museum in #UticaNY . #Art #sculpture
The god that failed:

Not noticed. just Life collapsing without order

#homeless #streetphotography #humancondition #dailystruggle #uticany #citylife #urban #bnwphotography

#OTD (June 21) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Aiello is charged in #UticaNY shooting, fatal shooting occurs in #SyracuseNY, Schultz gangster is murdered in the #Bronx, #Dragna tries for citizenship, #KansasCity mobster is killed in #Chicago, former #Cleveland boss is charged, Patriarca sues #Providence paper, #FamilySecrets trial opens, Sammartino pleads to loansharking.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Believe it or not, there's a bakery in Dallas that sells pusties (aka, pasticciotti)! Who woulda thunk?

Texas: It's like Utica with better weather.

#utica #uticany #pusties #pustie #food #italian #italianfood #pastries @palmiericafe #palmiericafe #dallas #ballasts #dallastexas #tx #Texas #pasticciotti

Police Kill a Boy, and a Refugee Group’s Young Lead the Call for Answers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/nyregion/utica-police-shooting-nyah-mway.html

Police Kill a Boy, and a Refugee Group’s Young Lead the Call for Answers

A Utica, N.Y., officer’s fatal shooting of a 13-year-old provokes anger among the city’s Karen residents, members of an ethnic group from Myanmar.

The New York Times