Eatery linked to Islamophobic comments launches, then appears to delete GoFundMe fundraiser

The owners of Taste of Italy in Latham started and then appear to have deleted a GoFundMe page soliciting donations to “Help Our Family and Small Businesses Recover.”

The GoFundMe was launched Saturday. The move came about a month after Taste of Italy co-owner Alyssa Cappello made an Islamophobic comment — using the restaurant’s Facebook account — about Harbe Nagi, a 7-year-old boy with autism who went missing in Menands. Nagi was later found dead in a swimming pool.

WAMC accessed the Cappellos’ GoFundMe page on Monday, but by Monday afternoon the page URL led to a “Fundraiser not found” notice…

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