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Dominic moderated most of the debates for NY
state-wide office last year. |
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Ultimately Dominic would
bottom out. He couldn't run from his past
anymore. In his quiet moments, he had burdened
himself with many questions - but there were so
few answers. But this one thing he knew. He
was tired of living a 42 year lie. He was ready
to tell himself the truth - hoping it would
finally set him free. But first he had to dig
for the answers, and they surfaced in the most
unlikely places: a bulky envelope containing
mental records of his now-deceased
mother-through the scrawled penmanship of
psychiatrists. As a boy, Dominic knew his mother
had mental problems, but as a grown man, he was
finally locating the full story to explain what
happened to him. Tears of understanding, would
flow down his face. |
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Dominic has been a NY1
News fixture since the news channel launched
in 1992. As the host of NY1's nightly
political show, Inside City Hall, he has
handled some of the station's most
challenging assignments and has interviewed
every major political player in the state.
His numerous
exclusives range from former President Bill
Clinton, the late John Cardinal O'Conner,
the parents of police-brutality victim Amado
Diallo, and perhaps his proudest
achievement, Nelson Mandela during Mandela’s
historic visit to the United States – an
interview he conducted as thousands of
journalists from around the country pursued
the South African president. |
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Dominic has also
reported extensively from abroad,
broadcasting live from Japan in 1993. He was
the only television journalist with
then-Mayor David Dinkins during the first
World Trade Center terrorist bombing. He has
traveled to Israel twice to cover suicide
bombings on public buses; he has reported on
the famine from Somalia; and he has spent
time in the Persian Gulf. |
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A graduate of the
New York City public school system,
Dominic started his career in radio. He
attended the State University of New York
at Cortland, and went on to the Newhouse
graduate school at Syracuse University.
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As a youngster growing
up in New York City, Dominic was involved
with the Police Athletic League, and today
is proud to call himself a PAL kid. When he
is not working, he often speaks to young
kids. Dominic also received a Samuel P.
Peabody award from the citizens” committee
for Children. The award is for vision,
innovation and dedication to children and
families.
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Dominic, his
wife Marilyn, and his "baby" sister
Malika. Malika is now nearly
30 years old.
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