[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 172 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1677]
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                       HONORING ANGELO MARTINELLI

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 30, 2015

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a leader in the 
Yonkers community, Angelo R. Martinelli, who for 20 years has led the 
Yonkers Chamber of Commerce as Chairman with great distinction and 
integrity.
  Originally born in the Bronx in 1927, Angelo grew up in Mount Vernon, 
attending A.B. Davis High School. Following his graduating in 1945, he 
enlisted in the United States Army where he served until 1946 as a 
Sergeant.
  After leaving the Army, Angelo returned home to work in his family's 
business, The Yonkers Daily Times, while swiftly moving to buy the 
Gazette Press in 1948. This shift, as well as meeting the love of his 
life, Carol Madatto, led to the purchase of their first home in Yonkers 
in 1960, where Angelo still currently lives.
  In 1974, Angelo ran and was elected Mayor of the City of Yonkers, 
serving from 1974-1979 and again from 1982-1987. He has earned a 
reputation as an effective and forceful advocate of municipal 
government interests, like seniors, anti-crime programs, and the 
reactivation of the Yonkers Police Athletic League. In 1983, with the 
closing of the PAL seeming imminent, Mayor Martinelli helped form a new 
Board of Directors, and today the PAL is a vibrant organization, with 
Angelo continuing to serve as its President since 1991. Angelo was the 
owner and Chairman of the Board of Gazette Press, Inc., and is 
currently Chairman of the Board for Today Media, Inc. From 1990 until 
May, 2012 he served as a director of Hudson Valley Bank.
  In January 1984, Mercy College conferred upon him an Honorary 
Doctorate of Humane Letters. In January 1995 he became Chairman of the 
Yonkers Chamber of Commerce, a position he still holds. In August 2015, 
HBO aired the miniseries, ``Show Me a Hero,'' with Angelo, who was 
delighted to be portrayed by actor Jim Belushi.
  But Angelo's passion was always his family. He and Carol, to whom he 
was married to and loved for 65 years, have six sons, Michael, Paul, 
Robert, Richard, Thomas and Ralph, and five daughters-in-law, 12 
grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Angelo is an active 
parishioner of St. Eugene's Church, Yonkers.
  This year, the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce is honoring Angelo at the 
122nd Annual Business Hall of Fame Dinner, commemorating his 20 years 
of service as Chairman of the Board. I want to thank him for his 
incredible leadership and for helping to make Yonkers the great city it 
is today.

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