{"id":1939089,"date":"2023-05-26T17:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T21:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-democratic-councilman-under-fire-for-anti-italian-bigotry\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T21:40:56","slug":"nyc-democratic-councilman-under-fire-for-anti-italian-bigotry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-democratic-councilman-under-fire-for-anti-italian-bigotry\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Councilman Criticized for Anti-Italian Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-democratic-councilman-under-fire-for-anti-italian-bigotry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Council Member Accused of Bigotry by Italian Caucus<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Democratic member of the New York City Council is under fire for comments that members of the council&#8217;s Italian Caucus say were bigoted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-virginia-governor-candidate-snubs-invitation-from-police-union\/\" title=\"Democrat Virginia Governor Candidate Snubs Invitation From Police Union\">budget meeting<\/a>, Democrat Chi Oss\u00e9 made comments about Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping, a contractor that had to pay more than $1 million in restitution last year for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">insurance fraud<\/a>. Oss\u00e9 suggested that the company&#8217;s Italian name should have disqualified them from receiving a city contract.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian Caucus issued a complaint, accusing Oss\u00e9 of promoting anti-Italian stereotypes. They stated, &#8220;The members of the Italian Caucus categorically condemn the comments Council member Chi Oss\u00e9 made on the record during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sens-collins-romney-announce-opposition-to-bidens-omb-nominee\/\" title=\"Sens. Collins, Romney announce opposition to Biden\u2019s OMB nominee\">budget hearing<\/a> this week, in which he suggested that an Italian surname that branded a company should have led to its disqualification from ever getting a contract with the City of New York.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oss\u00e9 defended his comments, claiming they had nothing to do with Italians and everything to do with the company&#8217;s tarnished reputation. However, the Italian Caucus pointed out that the business won the contract before their fraudulent practices were exposed.<\/p>\n<h3>Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chi Oss\u00e9, a Democratic member of the New York City Council, is facing accusations of bigotry from the council&#8217;s Italian Caucus.<\/li>\n<li>Oss\u00e9 suggested that a business with an Italian name should have been disqualified from receiving a city contract.<\/li>\n<li>The Italian Caucus condemned Oss\u00e9&#8217;s comments and accused him of promoting anti-Italian stereotypes.<\/li>\n<li>Oss\u00e9 defended his comments, but the Italian Caucus pointed out that the business won the contract before their fraudulent practices were exposed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s important for public officials to be mindful of the language they use and the stereotypes they perpetuate. The Italian Caucus&#8217;s response to Oss\u00e9&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-democratic-councilman-under-fire-for-anti-italian-bigotry\/\" title=\"NYC Councilman Criticized for Anti-Italian Bias\">comments serves<\/a> as a reminder that words matter and can have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-tosses-cdcs-national-eviction-moratorium\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Tosses CDC\u2019s National Eviction Moratorium\">real-world consequences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>criticized for alleged bigotry after Democratic member Chi Oss\u00e9 suggested disqualifying an Italian-named business from a city contract during a council meeting. The Italian Caucus members were offended by the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1939090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[27749,5050,15807,6719,7332],"class_list":["post-1939089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-anti-italian","tag-bias","tag-councilman","tag-criticized","tag-nyc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}