William Russo, who would go on to become an attorney, said one of the most important lessons he learned from his father Joseph Russo (above), a neighborhood butcher in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was how to show kindness to everyone. Photo: Courtesy the Russo family Writer Says He First Learned About Kindness in His Father’s Butcher Shop in Brooklyn Kindness is in short supply these days. I miss it, but maybe as Ed Koch used to say, things were never the way they used... Voices 16 Nov 2023 | 10:50