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weatherman:
who is the more genuine tough guy New Yorker, Bobby or Don? i would take the one who grew up in little italy attending NYC public schools without a silver spoon.Judge Box-of-Wine over on the Fox "News" was wailing: what has De Niro done for New York, anyway?
Well, he founded the Tribeca Festival (with Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff) in 2002 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Each year, the festival hosts over 600 screenings with approximately 150,000 attendees.
So, yeah, he's certainly generated some dollars for New York.
tribecafilm.com: Tribeca | NYC Film Festival 2026 Program, Schedule & News 