{"id":518,"date":"2017-10-07T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/?p=518"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:12:15","slug":"negrons-impact-sonny-may-not-care-but-chazz-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/negrons-impact-sonny-may-not-care-but-chazz-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Negron\u2019s Impact: Sonny May Not Care But Chazz Does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the incredible movie A Bronx Tale, Sonny always says,\u201d Nobody cares.\u201d Well Sonny\u2019s alter ego and creator of a Bronx tale, Chazz Palminteri was a first responder when he volunteered his artistic services to the people of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>Chazz wants to help in putting together a benefit in the Bronx with Bernie Williams, Roberto Alomar and Richie Cannata, the great saxophone player that plays the solo in Billy Joel\u2019s\u00a0<em>New<\/em><em>York State of Mind<\/em>\u00a0and today tours with his band, The Lords of 52<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Street.<\/p>\n<p>Each time that we have had a catastrophe and people have been hurt, Chazz has been there to help. He was there for Hurricane Sandy five years ago on Long Island.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-520\" src=\"http:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_0436-577x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_0436-577x1024.png 577w, https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_0436-577x1024-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I always tell Chazz that to me he is a hero and it\u2019s because of times like this. To know Chazz is to love him. He doesn\u2019t realize what an inspiration he is to so many people of all nationalities. This is a true Bronx boy that has given it his best shot and he has made it. A Puerto Rican kid like myself and a lot of my buddies that come from areas like the Bronx, like to feel like if he can make it than maybe we can too.<\/p>\n<p>A great thing about Chazz is that even though he has made it, he doesn\u2019t forget where he came from and he doesn\u2019t forget his friends.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and by the way he still gets his cannoli from Geno\u2019s Bakery on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Jerome, the owner, is still one of his very best friends and they have the best cappuccino in the world.<\/p>\n<p>I must add that his new play on Broadway\u00a0<em>A Bronx Tale<\/em>\u00a0is absolutely fabulous. If you haven\u2019t seen it yet get a date or take your wife and check it out.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-521\" src=\"http:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4036.jpg 480w, https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4036-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I must add that I know this weekend Chazz\u2019s heart is with the Yankees in Cleveland. If you know Mr. Palminteri at all than you know that he is one of the biggest Yankee fans ever.<\/p>\n<p>When all plans are set for the benefit for Puerto Rico we will let you know.\u00a0 Chazz, Bernie, Roberto and everyone else involved thank you from the bottom of our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekends Belong To Ray on 1050 ESPN Deportes, Saturdays and Sundays from 12-2 pm. Read Ray on Newsmax.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the incredible movie A Bronx Tale, Sonny always says,\u201d Nobody cares.\u201d Well Sonny\u2019s alter ego and creator of a Bronx tale, Chazz Palminteri was a first responder when he volunteered his artistic services to the people of Puerto Rico. Chazz wants to help in putting together a benefit in the Bronx with Bernie Williams, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/negrons-impact-sonny-may-not-care-but-chazz-does\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Negron\u2019s Impact: Sonny May Not Care But Chazz Does&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ray-negrons-play-ball-weekly-blog","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraynegronstory.com\/columns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}