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Kin of late mob boss Vincent Gigante feuding over South Bronx firing
By Larry McShane
New York Daily News
March 4, 2023

This legal war is all in the family: A dispute between the kin of late Genovese mob boss Vincent Gigante.

The grandnephew of Gigante — aka “The Chin” — pilfered more than $500,000 from Building Management Associates in the Bronx, a property management company established in 1980 by the crime lord’s sibling, Father Louis Gigante, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

Louis Gigante, a Catholic priest, hired Salvatore Gigante 18 years ago “out of the goodness of his heart,” lawyers for the property management company said in court filings. “Sal had no real estate knowledge at the time. His college career focused on hammer throwing,” the papers say.

Louis Gigante died this past October at age 89, leaving his $7 million estate to his son Gino — a 32-year-old whose lineage to the not-so-celibate priest emerged in the ensuing months. The New York Times reported the priest’s fatherhood was known to many, and the son was raised in Westchester County.

“Father G was not even cold in his grave when Sal started plotting and scheming,” court papers charged.

According to court documents, the 43-year-old grandnephew was fired from BMA two months ago after Gino discovered Sal leased luxury cars for 13 years at a cost of more than $183,000.

The papers additionally charged Sal with taking $95,000 from BMA corporate accounts, and sought an additional $287,000 in compensation.

The court papers demand a trial by jury in the case.

The priest, renowned for his decades of work in revitalizing the South Bronx, was just as well known for standing by his bathrobe-wearing mob boss brother across decades before Vincent Gigante’s final conviction on federal charges in 2003.

The Chin, who dodged frustrated prosecutors by feigning mental health woes while running the powerful crime family, died behind bars two years later at age 77.

Salvatore, though fired from BMA in January, retained his spot on the board of another company run by the late priest, the South East Bronx Community Organization (SEBCO).

He alleged in court documents that Gino and Father G’s longtime attorney Irwin Siegel dismissed him from BMA in a menacing fashion.

The pair “entered the office together with three unidentified individuals carrying guns on their waists,” said Salvatore, who watched the scene via a video link. “Gino brandished my termination letter (from BMA) as if a search warrant to all the employees, and announced that he was now in charge.”

Salvatore was also accused in court papers of trying to steal BMA’s business, in part by trying to lure nine employees from BMA to SEBCO, court documents alleged. The BMA lawsuit also asked for an order requiring Salvatore to steer clear of the business now run by Gino Gigante.

“There is no way to know what else Sal is up to and the steps he may take next,” BMA alleged in court papers.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-gigante-family-feud-the-chin-sebco-father-gino-south-bronx-20230304-mecuotnxk5c2fi5ckee754q6gm-story.html

Maybe tantamount to a michael persico situation as someone else pointed out?

I refuse to believe that Michael P isn't strommed.

Wonder what Vicki P is doing these days?

is it possible that he could have been somewhere in the middle? Obviously his allegiance was to his brother. But would he want to or would Chin want him to be formally made soldier? Again, he did some wonderful things for the underprivileged and was out and about in a true warzone hood every day, building affordable housing and more. Was the other brother (not the gay guy) as big as Mario in the mob?

[quote=NJShore4Life post_id=246975 time=1672148814 user_id=5302]
I wouldn’t be surprised if Father Gigante was on the record with the Westside and I certainly wouldn’t be shocked if he was even straightened out by that family….

-Dante
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I respectfully disagree. He had all the status he needed with the chin and Mario. Furthermore, he was the chin’s front man, his spokesperson to the media. Had it come out that he was made it would look really bad. Why risk it? I definitely think part of the 7 mil was dirty, I just don’t think he needed to be made to do it.

Like everyone said michael persico wasn't made but sonny franzese was on wire talking like the guy was almost more special. He's definitely made to and probably doesn't have to do anything

If he left behind 7mil for his family gotta make you think what the chin left for his kids. Its impossible to figure the dirty money but how much legit money did he leave.

Dante- more i think about it you might be right. i say 20 percent chance. if he was, that's fucking wild!

I mean if his brother Mario allowed it he would have just reported to him. Almost as a feather in the cap

I wouldn't doubt it. I mean the guy lived a double life.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Father Gigante was on the record with the Westside and I certainly wouldn’t be shocked if he was even straightened out by that family….

-Dante

Honestly I’m not surprised. The guy seemed to be a very complex man. He lived in a world with a lot of secrets, this was just one of them. Dude was a really interesting character.

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[quote=jmack post_id=246967 time=1672108079 user_id=179]
[quote=chin_gigante post_id=246965 time=1672102564 user_id=5708]
Oh I bet he gave you communion
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He was here all night and all he did was slip you a wafer?
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That's verging on sacrilege.
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I didn’t mean to verge…

[quote=jmack post_id=246967 time=1672108079 user_id=179]
[quote=chin_gigante post_id=246965 time=1672102564 user_id=5708]
Oh I bet he gave you communion
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He was here all night and all he did was slip you a wafer?
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That's verging on sacrilege.

[quote=chin_gigante post_id=246965 time=1672102564 user_id=5708]
Oh I bet he gave you communion
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He was here all night and all he did was slip you a wafer?