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Vincent Louis Gigante (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ ɡ æ n t i / jig-AN-tee, Italian: [dʒiˈɡante]; March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches
Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American crime boss in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Early life.
Ilfenesh Hadera as Mayme Thatcher Johnson, Bumpy's wife; Lucy Fry as Stella Gigante, Vincent's rebellious daughter; Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Teddy Greene (season 1), an aspiring musician and Stella's boyfriend; Rafi Gavron as Ernie Nunzi (seasons 1–2), a violent associate of Vincent's and part of the Genovese crime family; Antoinette Crowe ...
FBI surveillance photo of Vincent Gigante (left) and Dominick Canterino An FBI surveillance photo of Frank Condo (right) and Vincent Gigante (center). The crew controlled many of the organized crime activities throughout downtown Manhattan, and some of the rackets included labor racketeering, gambling, loan sharking, hijackings, and extortion of businesses.
FBI surveillance photo in the 1980s of the Palma Boys Social Club. Salerno was a highly respected and feared gangster, and a well-known New York Mafia powerhouse who continued to rise through the ranks of the Genovese crime family becoming consigliere from 1972–75, underboss in 1975, and eventually the acting–front boss from 1981-86. In the ...
In early 1957, Genovese decided to move on Costello. Genovese ordered Vincent Gigante to murder Costello, and on May 2, 1957, Gigante shot and wounded Costello outside his apartment building. [31] The altercation persuaded Costello to relinquish power to Genovese and retire. Genovese then controlled what is now called the Genovese crime family ...
NEW YORK — Retired Bronx priest Louis Gigante, the brother of late mob boss Vincent and a former City Council member, was accused of molesting a Bible study student in his parish during the ...
The Morello crime family (Italian:) was one of the earliest crime families to be established in the United States and New York City.The Morellos were based in Manhattan's Italian Harlem and eventually gained dominance in the Italian underworld by defeating the rival Neapolitan Camorra of Brooklyn.