by Nasabeak » Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:06 am
Another real excerpt from Paul. Used in court.
“ “*They own most all of Waldbaum….They run all Waldbaum’s stores, right? So now they pay me. You know why? Because of my influence. When I sit down, I talk to the man ‘Oh, oh Paul, how ya feel? How’s everything?’ OK. And I say to them, ‘I want my boys to be nice to you. When they don’t do that, you come see me. I straighten it out. Cause listen, while I’m alive this is my business. OK? ‘Paul, don’t worry. Will you do that? We have a lot of respect for you, when we need help, we’ll come to you’ - May 5th 1983
In a conversation intercepted by the FBI at Paul Castellano’s home, Anthony Amodeo and John DeRosa complained to Castellano about the failure of Local 6, and Vito Pitta, to abide by the agreed upon jurisdictional allocation with Local 100
Amodeo: *”He’s bit supposed to into another….in fact, that’s part of their agreement. When they made the merger, from what I understand, they stay in whatever they’ve been in. They have the hotels and the restaurants and so forth. Now, 2 months ago, we sat down. Vito, me, and Charlie, right? Sat down. He says about if I go organize on Long Island?…You stay with yours. Long Island is ours. Hotels, restaurants, whatever.’”*
Castellano: “*They’re supposed to stay.”*
Amodeo: “*Right. I know.”*
Castellano: “*….You had the locals and somebody else had the international….This is what I was trying to tell Vito of. I said, Vito, take it easy. You know, I gotta, I gotta watch, like someone else owns the international. See, I don’t like these doing….something that they have a right to do. In the meantime, the only reason why they’re doing it, because Vito is setting up something in my…..I don’t do that…
….I was happy with the international union elections, you know? They were happy about it, but Pitta wasn’t…..I tell you what, what brought them down over there. This is my local and I don’t want anybody to touch it.”* - June 3rd, 1983
“In an electronically intercepted conversation between Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti, and Thomas Gambino, Castellano reminisced that ‘*In my first year, the longshoremen’s union was theirs (The Genovese Family)….we had Brooklyn.”*
Carlo Gambino once suggested to Castellano to “*Give the international presidency to Anthony Scotto*”
Bilotti then raised the issue of *”The beef with….Metro Marine.*” And the following conversation ensued:
Bilotti: *”They Made a split at that time. With the Metro. But everything in Jersey and New York moved over to Staten Island.”*
Castellano: “*Because I made this….made this law. But all of the sudden that gave…they split it up….so finally I marked it up. Half’s for me and half they (The Genovese Family) took over there…Anthony (Scotto) took it for himself.”*
Another real excerpt from Paul. Used in court.
“ “*They own most all of Waldbaum….They run all Waldbaum’s stores, right? So now they pay me. You know why? Because of my influence. When I sit down, I talk to the man ‘Oh, oh Paul, how ya feel? How’s everything?’ OK. And I say to them, ‘I want my boys to be nice to you. When they don’t do that, you come see me. I straighten it out. Cause listen, while I’m alive this is my business. OK? ‘Paul, don’t worry. Will you do that? We have a lot of respect for you, when we need help, we’ll come to you’ - May 5th 1983
In a conversation intercepted by the FBI at Paul Castellano’s home, Anthony Amodeo and John DeRosa complained to Castellano about the failure of Local 6, and Vito Pitta, to abide by the agreed upon jurisdictional allocation with Local 100
Amodeo: *”He’s bit supposed to into another….in fact, that’s part of their agreement. When they made the merger, from what I understand, they stay in whatever they’ve been in. They have the hotels and the restaurants and so forth. Now, 2 months ago, we sat down. Vito, me, and Charlie, right? Sat down. He says about if I go organize on Long Island?…You stay with yours. Long Island is ours. Hotels, restaurants, whatever.’”*
Castellano: “*They’re supposed to stay.”*
Amodeo: “*Right. I know.”*
Castellano: “*….You had the locals and somebody else had the international….This is what I was trying to tell Vito of. I said, Vito, take it easy. You know, I gotta, I gotta watch, like someone else owns the international. See, I don’t like these doing….something that they have a right to do. In the meantime, the only reason why they’re doing it, because Vito is setting up something in my…..I don’t do that…
….I was happy with the international union elections, you know? They were happy about it, but Pitta wasn’t…..I tell you what, what brought them down over there. This is my local and I don’t want anybody to touch it.”* - June 3rd, 1983
“In an electronically intercepted conversation between Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti, and Thomas Gambino, Castellano reminisced that ‘*In my first year, the longshoremen’s union was theirs (The Genovese Family)….we had Brooklyn.”*
Carlo Gambino once suggested to Castellano to “*Give the international presidency to Anthony Scotto*”
Bilotti then raised the issue of *”The beef with….Metro Marine.*” And the following conversation ensued:
Bilotti: *”They Made a split at that time. With the Metro. But everything in Jersey and New York moved over to Staten Island.”*
Castellano: “*Because I made this….made this law. But all of the sudden that gave…they split it up….so finally I marked it up. Half’s for me and half they (The Genovese Family) took over there…Anthony (Scotto) took it for himself.”*