Italian boys love their nonnas and Mayor de Blasio is no exception, paying an emotional visit to his grandmother’s hometown of Grassano on Thursday.
Hundreds cheered the mayor as he told the crowd, in Italian and English, of the strength he receives from his ancestors.
Anna Briganti, the mayor’s maternal grandmother, left Grassano in 1902 for New York.
Grassano’s city council declared her grandson an honorary citizen.
“When I fight every day for a more just city, it’s because of lessons taught to me by my mother and taught to her by her mother,” de Blasio told the crowd.
“We will carry Grassano in our hearts wherever we go and whatever we do,” he added to thunderous applause.
Some local women wore traditional regional garb from the 1800s. A marching band played the US and Italian anthems. The mayor and his family return home from their eight-day Italian trip on Sunday after visiting Venice.
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