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Actor Rips De Blasio’s ‘Racist’ Wife For Snubbing Italian-American Statue Winner For More ‘Diverse’ Women

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Actor Rips De Blasio’s ‘Racist’ Wife For Snubbing Italian-American Statue Winner For More ‘Diverse’ Women
Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images for Bronx Children’s Museum//Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images

Chirlane McCray, the wife of embattled New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, is taking heat for completely ignoring residents’ choice to erect a statue of an Italian-American icon and opting for more “diverse” women. 

“A Bronx Tale” actor Chazz Palminteri called the city’s first lady a “racist” over the snub and urged his fellow Italian-Americans to speak out against the injustice. 

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