Anthony Arillotta Q&A

[dack2001]

Son of sam laws differ from state to state. Doubt he would fall under NY's version, which is very broad. Many states have narrow son of sam laws which require direct profiting from specific crime. A life of crime would generally fall outside of that prohibition. Hopefully his life story adds some interesting details.

[Stroccos]

At what point did the Springfield crew stop sending tribute to NY, as he claims? Was it before his troubles with Nigro, or a longer-standing decision?


Was Gary Westerman a part of the crew or just associated due to his family ties

it was when Fusco took over the crew in 2006. Fusco made the call

[Stroccos]

Any information/stories about Artie Nigro?
A time frame on when he was upped to Capo/Acting etc? (Nigro)
Who was in his crew/where was it based? (Nigro)

Any admin info from his time as Capo.


AWESOME work GMMS.

Nigro was originally from East Harlem and moved to the Country Club section of the Bronx like so many others in and around the Genovese. Not sure when he made Capo but i always thought he, at one point, was the Capo of the renowned 116th Street Crew...which followed the geographically trajectory of its members; East Harlem to eventually all points North

not trying to get into a whole Genovese thing but was Nigro ever really the acting boss of the entire family?

im going to revisit the crew succession thread, and i might be wrong, but I always thought Nigro was a part of the 116th crew

its just baffling they had essentially a separate family (family? they’re a glorified crew) up there and never took any money off of them? what the fucks the point?!? you mean to tell me that in the golden years when there were a million ways to make money, they turned a blind eye to profits...but in the early 2000s when things were hot and arguably more difficult to maneuver...THATS when they start to take an active interest in Springfield? and they use a non-made guy who was rumored, and eventually confirmed, to be an informant as the liaison?! yet they are geniuses because they play musical chairs with their admin spots and make guys get naked when they take the oath... something doesnt make sense with that.

Yes, Nigro was acting boss and appears to have been part of the 116th Street crew. A November 2008 FBI report said Nigro succeeded Muscarella on the panel when Muscarella went to prison after his indictment in 2002 and Nigro had been acting boss in late 2003.

in 2001 nigro was put in charge of springfield he took down Albert scibelli and put in BRuno. Nigro was upset Scibelli admitted in writing to being a genovese member. So he got taken down
so he was at least in charge of springfield in 2001 at least according to the fbi

[Stroccos]

They were never kicking to NYC for tribute until the extortion payments? That doesn’t make sense. Why would the Genovese protect people it is not getting money from? I don’t buy that. Why not just become your own family why would the Genovese bother that whole time without getting a dime?

From what I've read, one of the reasons Bruno was out of favor with New York was regarding money. It's just my guess but I would imagine that was more about not sending enough money than no money at all. And as I mentioned before, it's a big reason why Arilotta rose up quickly. He was seen an an earner.

He said Bruno’s name showed up on a 302 where he outted someone else as a made member in the Genovese Family. The guy was supposed to get a 2.5 year sentence, but instead got 3.5, and the judge said it was because he was a confirmed made member. Arillotta said he saw the actual 302 himself. That wasn’t the only reason Bruno was hit but it definitely got the ball rolling.

emilo fusco found a 302 where Bruno told the feds he was made ,

[Stroccos]

If he could elaborate on what was going on in Connecticut for him and what they've had out here? He mentioned a junkyard/auto parts spot that he was collecting from in New Haven that I'm pretty sure I'm familiar with. If he knew Rooster back then I know Rooster was once close to the Gambinos back in the day but pretty sure he was with the Genovese during Arrilotas time.Any info.about CT. guys,spots,other crews besides the normal Fairfield County Gambino/Genovese. Regardless if he answers I appreciate you giving it a shot.

Was it frank zimmitti ?

[Stroccos]

Interesting he said he was made in new York and that's a big deal.

Then he explains the lingo between "boss" of a area (nigro) not being as powerful as arilotta bc arilotta was made in NYC.... Very interesting to know if this is true or him just trying to flex.
14 mins in is where he talks about it

This is according to the fbi
Nigro started to hate Bruno when he stuck up for Albert scibelli

Arilotta was made in nyc and Bruno didn’t even know . Bruno was not told about it because Nigro was going to get rid of him

[Philly d]

his publisher. lol in this day his shit is a e book worth a few hundo. everything he said interesting is free on the internet. he was a made guy on the street for maybe 2 3yrs. he can hold the fastest genovese guy to be inducted then flip. think he said hes made in 2003 flips in 2010. he was locked up for 3 4 years inbetween

Tops a few hundo

[JohnnyS]

Shame this didnt happen.

[givememysocks]

Yea sorry to get anyones hopes up. He said he would do it but he never got back to me