New York's Secretary of State Robert Rodriguez issued a proclamation recognizing Claudio Capinegro.
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The 92-year-old owned a shop on 116th Street in East Harlem for 60 years.
No one was ever turned away, not even people who promised to pay later.
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For Rodriguez, this honor is personal because as a boy he got his hair cut by Capinegro.
"He was the central point for what's going on, who's doing what, what's happening, eyes on the ground," Rodriguez said.
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