Mary and Dr. Nicholas Nicosia recently received criticism for hosting an alleged racist Juneteenth parody party on July 7 at their 9,000-square-foot East Avenue residence.
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The meal included Kentucky Fried Chicken and Hennessy cognac, and the yard decorations included Juneteenth-themed posters and cardboard cutouts of the president.
The celebration was widely condemned after African-American fireman Jerrod Jones sued the city and the fire department after his captain, Capt. Jeffrey Krywy, took him to the event while he was on duty.
Krywy was supposed to be dismissed for his activities, but he left the company before the investigation was finished. Any cops who attended the celebration, according to the Police Department, will face disciplinary action.
Mary Nicosia and her husband attended a press conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pittsford to defend their identities in the middle of the expanding controversy. Nicosia acknowledged previously posting racist comments on Twitter, despite the former defending the pair and insisting that the party was not intended to be racist.
The Landmark Society of Western New York’s former development vice president and real estate salesperson Mary Nicosia. She is the spouse of the Rochester Americans hockey team dentist and vice chairman of the Highland Hospital board of directors, Dr. Nicholas Nicosia.
One of Rochester’s most well-known couples, the Nicosias is renowned for its high social status. The couple purchased their East Avenue home for $650,000, and they moved there in 2000, according to property records.
A year later, Mary Nicosia criticized the state of the city in a letter to the editor of the Democrat and Chronicle. She remarked:
My husband and I decided to raise our kids in Rochester while also renovating a historic building on East Avenue. We enjoy the benefits of city living, but our friends in suburban development think we’re crazy.
Criminal activity, the poor state of the educational system, taxation, and now the impending tax increase. “I’m beginning to think our friends are right,”
Mary Nicosia and her husband had reportedly been associated with a variety of influential groups and had demonstrated their support for both political causes and professional sports clubs. The pair frequently gave donations to both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, according to reports.
Public records show that they also donated $497 to the Make America Great Again political action committee and $1,131 to Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. Additionally, they gave to the campaigns of Len Morell, a Republican state senator, and Marcus C. Williams, a Republican running for city council.
More recently, the couple gained notoriety for hosting a faux Juneteenth party at their house that received harsh criticism for being racially offensive. Later, it came to light that Nicosia had a Twitter account and had sent numerous racist posts there.
The Landmark Society of Western New York removed Mary Nicosia’s biography from its website and suspended her after the outrage. The organization’s official statement reads as follows:
The very severe claims regarding a party hosted at the Nicosia property in July startled and appalled us. The statements, as made, are inconsistent with the core values of our business.
Political figures including Mayor Malik Evans and Rachel Barnhart have meantime promised to refund Nicosia and her husband’s contributions to their funds. La’Ron Singletary, a Republican, declared he would no longer take donations from the two.
In response to the Juneteenth party issue, Mary Nicosia and her husband planned a press conference to refute claims that their gathering was racially offensive:
I’m here to refute unfounded charges of racism against me.
On the other hand, the mother-of-two acknowledged making racist remarks on Twitter using a social network account:
“To be quite honest, I do have a parody Twitter account that uses a character’s name, and under that persona, I have made overtly racist things.”
That is the way Twitter culture operates. It contributes to its appeal. Although I hesitate to use the word charm, it allows you to adopt a different persona.
She then expressed her regret to the African American community as well as everyone else she had insulted with her conduct:
I also want to express my regret to the African American community and any other members of the community who I may have offended or insulted with my actions on Twitter.
The woman continued by claiming that she was “not a racist person” and that she had grown up in a “very diverse neighborhood” in East Cleveland. She did, however, take ownership of her behavior:
“I view myself as accountable. I feel ashamed. For me to come up here and tell you this wasn’t simple. And I humbly ask that you accept my regrets.
Nicosia said that after giving her actions some thought, she decided to distance herself from her bigoted online persona:
“I’ve learned a lot over the past twelve difficult days.” And I’ve come to realize that making a statement anonymously on Twitter is just as impolite and harmful as making it in person. And I think I’ve learned a lesson from it, and I think others might too.
Many people conjectured that Mary Nicosia’s Twitter handle was @HoHoHomeBoyRoc and that she went by a variety of monikers, including “Colonel Nathaniel Sanders,” with the profile picture “Smilin’ Sam from Alabama, The Salted Peanut Man.”
The Twitter account, which has reportedly been active since November 2021, has frequently used Black Vernacular English to make fun of African Americans online, including politicians, elected officials, and journalists.
Mary Nicosia receives criticism from Twitter for the racism scandal
Mary Nicosia’s hateful Twitter account and her claims of a racially offensive imitation Juneteenth party offended several online users. A large number of individuals took to Twitter to denounce both her online actions and the allegedly racially offensive event:
Although Corey Hogan, Mary Nicosia’s attorney, recognized that his client’s Twitter account was “racist, inappropriate, and disgusting,” he insisted that Mary Nicosia “doesn’t live her life” or “respect other human beings” like her online persona.
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