Reginaldo Atanay Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Dyckman Street and Nagle Street
Honoree:  Reginaldo Atanay (?-?) was a Domincan-born journalist who lived in New York City for decades. He directed the digital newspaper Atanay.com and worked for newspapers such as La Nación, El Caribe, Prensa Libre, as well as Radiotelevisión Dominicana, and the Dominican edition of the Cuban magazine BohemiaLibre in the Dominican Republic. There, he also participated in many television and radio broadcasts for Rahintel Canal 7, La Voz del Tropico, Emisoras Unidas and Radio Central. For his journalistic work, the Dominican government decorated him with the Order of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella in the grade of knight. He published works for the newspaper El Caribe, at a very young age, as well as literary essays and poems. His most passionate journalistic work occurred while working at La Nación, where he wrote opinion columns that were critical of the government of dictator Rafael L. Trujillo. When he moved to New York, he wrote a weekly column called Bohio Dominicano, where he wrote about issues of interest to the Dominican Diaspora in New York City, for El Diario-La Prensa. He worked in various capacities for El Diario until 2003, and was the author of several books. (Rodriguez)
LL:2020/26