by maxiestern11 » Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:25 pm
NICOLO (NICKY GLASSES) MARANGELLO - born 1912. Raised and resided in the Little Italy section (4th and 6th ward) of Manhattan. In his later years he lived uptown (318 E. 89th Street), before moving to the Bronx (2515 Tratman St) where he would live for the rest of his life.
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aka: “Nicky Eyeglasses”, “Little Nicky”, “Nicky Cigars”.
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FBI # 531541-F, NYSIIS # 3789811Y.
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Activities: bookmaking, policy, shylocking.
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Also, he was integral in enforcing the Family rules and politically running the borgata, on and off for decades)
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As a young Family associate/soldier he is said to have served as a driver-bodyguard to Bonanno himself.
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Identified by the FBI and local LE as a highly-respected member of the Bonanno Family.
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He served in the “administrations” under several ensuing bosses, variously as Consigliere and Underboss. He was especially close to Carmine Galante and saw himself demoted after Galante’s assassination.
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Among his closet associates were:
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Joseph (Peppino) Bonanno
Carmine (Lilo the Cigar) Galante
Frank (Frankie Carroll) Garofalo
Michael (Mimi) Sabella
Stefano (Stevie Beef) Cannone
Vincent (Fort Lee Jimmy) Capasso
Robert (Bobby) Perrino
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Marangello operated the Toyland Social Club on Hester Street in Little Italy. The FBI kept it under constant surveillance, taking pictures of all the hoods entering and leaving.
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For years it served as the “de facto” headquarters of the Bonanno mob, especially after Galante made parole. Nicky also based his bookmaking operation out of the club.
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Most everyone of any substance in the family would report there eventually.
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He was known for his affinity for the shadows, but during the “Banana War” years he was repeatedly ousted by LE, subpoenaed and jailed for criminal contempt for his not answering questions of investigators. In Kings County, NY County and Nassau County, he was among many harassed and jailed.
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Nicky Glasses was a key figure during the conflict.
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In the early 1980’s, Nicky was among a gaggle of Bonanno’s indicted for an alleged twenty-year long mob conspiracy to infiltrate and control the moving and storage industry.
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Note: [a key informant and eventual trial witness was Anthony Giliberti, a former business agent and relation by marriage to the Rastelli’s who survived a gang-hit, despite being shot nine times. He was correctly suspected of having turned rat]
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Accused of having infiltrated and installed their own mob minions into key posts such as president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer on down to shop-steward”, Local # 814, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, indeed became a Bonanno Family “entity”.
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Through threats and Mafia-style terrorism; strong-arming, extortion, bid-rigging, arson and a shooting, the Bonanno hierarchy had managed to “shakedown” numerous
moving company executives for cash and lucrative contracts for upwards of two decades!
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After a lengthy trial, the Rastelli brothers (Rusty, Carmine and Marty), Joe Massino, Marangello and the others were all convicted on multiple RICO counts.
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Marangello personally received eight years in federal prison and a hefty fine for their extortionate control of the union local, which governed employees (drivers and helpers) in the moving and storage industry.
Note: [Rusty got 12 yrs, Massino 10, Carmine 6 yrs]
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Note: [while Nicky was serving his jail term, son-in-law Bobby Perrino was killed on Sal Vitale’s order, unbeknownst to Marangello - or he would have intervened....... but that’s a story for another day]
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It is said that both Nicky Marangello and Mike Sabella were to get “clipped” along with Lilo Galante in 1979, but that certain top Mafiosi, obviously friends of theirs, had intervened, thereby saving their lives!
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After serving the eight years, Nicky was already pushing eighty years old! He’d lost his son-in-law, and his personal family was in tatters because of it....... he was getting tired also. It was time to step back and retire!
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As stated above, both his “Family” and his “family” were in havoc!
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It had been a tough bit! .....Not so much because of the length of it, but rather what had transpired during his absence.
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Always a sharp guy, he knew it was time to concentrate on his wife, kids and grandkids! ....... it was over!!
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“Nicky Eyeglasses” passed away in the year 1999!
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He had spent his twilight years with the only family who ever really mattered..... the Marangello and Perrino brood!
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NICOLO (NICKY GLASSES) MARANGELLO - born 1912. Raised and resided in the Little Italy section (4th and 6th ward) of Manhattan. In his later years he lived uptown (318 E. 89th Street), before moving to the Bronx (2515 Tratman St) where he would live for the rest of his life.
-
aka: “Nicky Eyeglasses”, “Little Nicky”, “Nicky Cigars”.
———-
FBI # 531541-F, NYSIIS # 3789811Y.
———-
Activities: bookmaking, policy, shylocking.
-
Also, he was integral in enforcing the Family rules and politically running the borgata, on and off for decades)
———-
As a young Family associate/soldier he is said to have served as a driver-bodyguard to Bonanno himself.
———-
Identified by the FBI and local LE as a highly-respected member of the Bonanno Family.
-
He served in the “administrations” under several ensuing bosses, variously as Consigliere and Underboss. He was especially close to Carmine Galante and saw himself demoted after Galante’s assassination.
———-
Among his closet associates were:
-
Joseph (Peppino) Bonanno
Carmine (Lilo the Cigar) Galante
Frank (Frankie Carroll) Garofalo
Michael (Mimi) Sabella
Stefano (Stevie Beef) Cannone
Vincent (Fort Lee Jimmy) Capasso
Robert (Bobby) Perrino
———-
Marangello operated the Toyland Social Club on Hester Street in Little Italy. The FBI kept it under constant surveillance, taking pictures of all the hoods entering and leaving.
-
For years it served as the “de facto” headquarters of the Bonanno mob, especially after Galante made parole. Nicky also based his bookmaking operation out of the club.
-
Most everyone of any substance in the family would report there eventually.
————
He was known for his affinity for the shadows, but during the “Banana War” years he was repeatedly ousted by LE, subpoenaed and jailed for criminal contempt for his not answering questions of investigators. In Kings County, NY County and Nassau County, he was among many harassed and jailed.
-
Nicky Glasses was a key figure during the conflict.
————
In the early 1980’s, Nicky was among a gaggle of Bonanno’s indicted for an alleged twenty-year long mob conspiracy to infiltrate and control the moving and storage industry.
-
Note: [a key informant and eventual trial witness was Anthony Giliberti, a former business agent and relation by marriage to the Rastelli’s who survived a gang-hit, despite being shot nine times. He was correctly suspected of having turned rat]
-
Accused of having infiltrated and installed their own mob minions into key posts such as president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer on down to shop-steward”, Local # 814, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, indeed became a Bonanno Family “entity”.
-
Through threats and Mafia-style terrorism; strong-arming, extortion, bid-rigging, arson and a shooting, the Bonanno hierarchy had managed to “shakedown” numerous
moving company executives for cash and lucrative contracts for upwards of two decades!
-
After a lengthy trial, the Rastelli brothers (Rusty, Carmine and Marty), Joe Massino, Marangello and the others were all convicted on multiple RICO counts.
-
Marangello personally received eight years in federal prison and a hefty fine for their extortionate control of the union local, which governed employees (drivers and helpers) in the moving and storage industry.
Note: [Rusty got 12 yrs, Massino 10, Carmine 6 yrs]
-
Note: [while Nicky was serving his jail term, son-in-law Bobby Perrino was killed on Sal Vitale’s order, unbeknownst to Marangello - or he would have intervened....... but that’s a story for another day]
————
It is said that both Nicky Marangello and Mike Sabella were to get “clipped” along with Lilo Galante in 1979, but that certain top Mafiosi, obviously friends of theirs, had intervened, thereby saving their lives!
————
After serving the eight years, Nicky was already pushing eighty years old! He’d lost his son-in-law, and his personal family was in tatters because of it....... he was getting tired also. It was time to step back and retire!
-
As stated above, both his “Family” and his “family” were in havoc!
-
It had been a tough bit! .....Not so much because of the length of it, but rather what had transpired during his absence.
-
Always a sharp guy, he knew it was time to concentrate on his wife, kids and grandkids! ....... it was over!!
————
“Nicky Eyeglasses” passed away in the year 1999!
-
He had spent his twilight years with the only family who ever really mattered..... the Marangello and Perrino brood!
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