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Anthony "Tough Tony" Federici (July 28, 1940 – November 9, 2022) was a Queens, New York City, resident who was long accused by law enforcement of being a member of the Genovese crime family. Federici was incorrectly identified in 1988 by the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations as a Lucchese crime family soldier.
The five Mafia families in New York City are still active, albeit less powerful. The peak of the Mafia in the United States was during the 1940s and 50s, until the year 1970 when the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) was enacted, which aimed to stop the Mafia and organized crime as a whole. [ 23 ]
La Stella Restaurant was an Italian restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens. [1]La Stella was opened by Joe and Jack Taliercio in 1960. [2] It closed in 1992. [3]Tony Talierico later opened a location in Sunrise, Florida.
September 22 – A police raid by the NYPD at the LaStella Restaurant in Queens, New York reveals a meeting between New York, Florida and New Orleans mafia members including Carlo Gambino, Tommy Eboli, Joe Colombo, Joey N. Gallo, Mike Miranda, Aniello Dellacroce, Dominic Alongi and Anthony Cirillo from N.Y., Carlos Marcello, Joe Marcello ...
Forty Thieves (1825-1860s) - Considered the first known street gang in New York City; Gas House Gang (1880s-1910) Ghost Shadows (1970s-1990s) Gopher Gang (1890s-1910s) Grady Gang (1860s) Honeymoon Gang (1850s) Hook Gang (1866-1876) Hudson Dusters (1890s-1917) Jheri Curls (1990s) Kerryonians (1825-1830s) Lenox Avenue Gang (early 1900s-1910s ...
Finally, after a multi-year investigation by federal prosecutors in East New York, the FBI and Italian authorities – which included multiple wiretaps, search warrants, witness statements and ...
In September 1966, Carollo and other Mafia members attended a meeting at La Stella restaurant in Queens, New York. When the police raided the building, among those arrested were Carollo, Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr. and Carlo Gambino. It has been alleged that this meeting was to resolve matters relating to the New Orleans crime family.
Park Side Restaurant is an Italian-American restaurant in the Corona neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Founded by Anthony "Tough Tony" Federici in 1980, it was originally opened by his parents in 1960 as the Corona Supper Club. [2] Park Side Restaurant specializes in southern Italian and Sicilian cuisine. [3]