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Tony Aiello

Tony Aiello serves as CBS 2's Westchester Bureau reporter. Aiello covers news across Westchester County, southwest Connecticut, and the lower Hudson Valley.

Aiello joined CBS 2 in October 2002, after nearly five years at WNBC-TV. Prior to that, he served as a national correspondent for Dow Jones Television and the top syndicated business show, "The Wall Street Journal Report." He also has worked as an anchor and reporter at stations in Milwaukee, WI., Nashville, TN., and Greenville, SC.

Aiello was part of the CBS 2 team nominated for an Emmy for coverage of the threatened transit strike in 2002. It was his third Emmy nomination. He has also received many professional awards and honors from groups including the Associated Press Broadcasters and the Milwaukee Press Club.

Aiello is active with community groups and Italian-American charities. He is a trustee of the Westchester Arts Council and chairs its annual Arts Awards luncheon. He's also board secretary of the Westchester Philharmonic. Aiello has served as emcee of the White Plains Columbus Day parade every year since 2001 In 2002, he led Westchester County's official ceremony marking the first anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. He also gave the keynote address at the 2003 July Fourth celebration at historic St. Paul's Church in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and was the featured speaker at the 2004 Enrico Fermi Scholarship Foundation Awards in Yonkers, N.Y. He also represents CBS 2 at March of Dimes events in Westchester County.

Aiello graduated from Indiana University in 1985. He lives in New Rochelle, N.Y. with his wife Elizabeth and their twin sons.

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