by newera_212 » Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:59 am
these neighborhoods really aren't that big. even if you’re a regular go-to-work and stay inside type of guy, the chances of running into ‘someone’ and / or being on a hello & goodbye basis with them are very, very high. especially if you’ve spent most of your life there. there are a few bakeries and delis in queens where its practically guaranteed you’ll run into someone ‘connected’ just by visiting. same with certain areas of Brooklyn. yeah the chinks have taken over but its still NYC, there are still people living and doing biz in the neighborhoods everyone reads about. so compound that with the fact that if you’re actually from the neighborhood, know the owners of the business, etc. - coupled with the fact that people gossip - and it’s really not out of bounds to hear about someone making money. even if what you hear is complete bullshit, exaggerated, whatever, people talk.
case in point there is a guy from my building who is supposedly a bonanno associate who is doing time for bank robbery; tell me why I dont know him from adam but know that he was a junkie and doing stickups for his dope habit, and that his wife is a junkie and is trying to chisel the apartment away from her in laws while the husband is locked up. i dont know these people outside of knowing they live 4 floors up and see the wife on the elevator, but everyone talks. “do you know what her husband did? do you know who her husband is?” when she walks by. its human nature. so it’s really not that crazy to think someone would be saying “did you hear he’s made now, and kicking up 10k a week?” when they spot someone like Palmaccio walking out of a restaurant. even if it’s bullshit, these guys are out and about, people know who they are, and conversely they know other regular people in the neighborhood as well.
Nick Festa picking up a trey for Christmas and says hi to a guy on the line he grew up with from the old neighborhood. thats unbelievable? its not like the guy was saying he plays cards with Barney every Wednesday afternoon down at DiChiara’s social club. he ran into a low level solider from his same neighborhood buying cold cuts for christs sake
these neighborhoods really aren't that big. even if you’re a regular go-to-work and stay inside type of guy, the chances of running into ‘someone’ and / or being on a hello & goodbye basis with them are very, very high. especially if you’ve spent most of your life there. there are a few bakeries and delis in queens where its practically guaranteed you’ll run into someone ‘connected’ just by visiting. same with certain areas of Brooklyn. yeah the chinks have taken over but its still NYC, there are still people living and doing biz in the neighborhoods everyone reads about. so compound that with the fact that if you’re actually from the neighborhood, know the owners of the business, etc. - coupled with the fact that people gossip - and it’s really not out of bounds to hear about someone making money. even if what you hear is complete bullshit, exaggerated, whatever, people talk.
case in point there is a guy from my building who is supposedly a bonanno associate who is doing time for bank robbery; tell me why I dont know him from adam but know that he was a junkie and doing stickups for his dope habit, and that his wife is a junkie and is trying to chisel the apartment away from her in laws while the husband is locked up. i dont know these people outside of knowing they live 4 floors up and see the wife on the elevator, but everyone talks. “do you know what her husband did? do you know who her husband is?” when she walks by. its human nature. so it’s really not that crazy to think someone would be saying “did you hear he’s made now, and kicking up 10k a week?” when they spot someone like Palmaccio walking out of a restaurant. even if it’s bullshit, these guys are out and about, people know who they are, and conversely they know other regular people in the neighborhood as well.
Nick Festa picking up a trey for Christmas and says hi to a guy on the line he grew up with from the old neighborhood. thats unbelievable? its not like the guy was saying he plays cards with Barney every Wednesday afternoon down at DiChiara’s social club. he ran into a low level solider from his same neighborhood buying cold cuts for christs sake