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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.
Irwin "The Fat Man" Schiff (January 5, 1937 – August 8, 1987) was a New York City businessman and mob associate. On paper, he was the head of Construction Coordinators Corp. of Queens that had neither a phone number nor office. [1] He has been said to be a loanshark linked to the Mafia and seen dining with Lucchese crime family boss Anthony ...
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.
Two of New York’s most storied Mafia families formed a secret gambling alliance — then suffered a whack to their profit streams with a round of arrests Tuesday morning.
Vincent Asaro was born in Ozone Park, Queens on July 10, 1935, his father was Girolamo Asaro (1913-1977, Who his son is named after) and his mother was Josephine Valenti. [3] His father was the brother-in-law to Michael Zaffarano. [3] In 1979, after the murder of Bonanno boss Carmine Galante, Asaro became a capo of a Queens crew in the Bonanno ...
Daniel Sikkema, 54, was charged with one count of murder-for-hire resulting in death in connection with Jan. 14, 2024, death of his husband, Brent Sikkema, 75, who was found dead with 18 stab ...