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On November 14, 1957, the mafia bosses, their advisers and bodyguards, approximately one hundred men in all, met at Barbara's 53-acre (21 ha) estate in Apalachin, New York. Apalachin is a town located along the south shore of the Susquehanna River, near the Pennsylvania border and about 200 miles northwest of New York City. The purpose of the ...
New York mobster Thomas Gagliano, leader of the present day Lucchese crime family, goes into semi-retirement and leaves day-to-day activities of the Family to Acting Boss Thomas Lucchese. May 28 – Joe Adonis is convicted for gambling violations and sentenced to two years in New Jersey State Prison .
c. 1950s: Founders: Buffalo crime family: Founding location: Rochester, New York, United States: Years active: c. 1950s–1993 [1] Territory: Primarily the Rochester metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Western New York: Ethnicity: Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates: Activities
The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...
Peter DeFeo (March 4, 1902 – April 6, 1993), also known as "Philie Aquilino", was a New York mobster who became a caporegime with the Genovese crime family. Rise to power [ edit ]
South Brooklyn Boys (abbreviated as SBB) was a famous New York City street gang.In the 1950s, various Italian-American gangs were formed in South Brooklyn, New York City, and came together under the moniker of "South Brooklyn Boys" sometime around the 1950s.
New York radio station WNYC, looking back in 2014, reported on how "An Iconic Murder Helped Create the 9-1-1 System." [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] A confirming PBS report wrote how "papers and media outlets ran with the story;" they also added "nearly a dozen books" and when it came to film, mentioned "James Solomon's film The Witness " more than once.
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