Buffalo Family Lineage

[Angelo Santino]

What's innacurate/not verifiable here?

Boss (official and acting)[edit]
The early history of the what became the Buffalo family was controlled by two different men: Angelo Palmeri and Joseph DiCarlo. The two groups merged, becoming a crime family.[2][3][4]

1908–1912 – Angelo "Buffalo Bill" Palmeri – stepped down, becoming underboss.[2]
1912–1922 – Giuseppe "Don Pietro" DiCarlo Sr.[2][5]
1922–1974 – Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino – died of natural causes on July 19, 1974, at the age of 82.[2][5]
Acting 1969–1970 – Salvatore "Sam" Pieri – leader of the Pieri-Frangiamore faction, imprisoned.
Acting 1970–1972 – Joseph Fino – leader of the Fino-Sansanese faction, imprisoned.[2]
Acting 1972–1974 – Samuel Frangiamore – leader of the Pieri-Frangiamore faction.[2]
1974–1985 – Samuel "Sam the Farmer" Frangiamore – appointed by the Commission, retired in 1985 and deceased in 1999.[5]
1985–2006 – Joseph "Lead Pipe Joe" Todaro Sr. – became semi-ritired in 1995, officially retired in 2006. Died in 2012.[2][5]
Acting 1995–2006 – Joseph "Big Joe" Todaro Jr. – the son and underboss to Todaro Sr.
2006–present – Leonard "the Calzone" Falzone – stepped down, probably semi-retired.
Acting 2013 – Robert "Bobby" Panaro Jr. – soldier that controls various gambling operations in Las Vegas.
Acting 2016 – Anthony Lupiania Todaro. – 30-year-old boss that controls many investments and rackets throughout Buffalo, NY, Canada, Italy and Sicily.

Underboss (official and acting)[edit]
1908–1912 – Giuseppe "Joseph" DiCarlo Sr. – became boss.
1912–1932 – Angelo "Buffalo Bill" Palmieri -died of natural causes
1932–1936 - Vacant
1936–1964 – Salvatore "Sam" Pieri – arrested and degraded to consigliere.
1964–1974 – Peter Magaddino – deceased in 1974.
Acting 1964–1967 – Frederico "Fred the Wolf" Randaccio – arrested and ritired in 1967, deceased in 2004.
1974–1985 – Rosario "Roy" Carlisi – deceased in the 1980s.
1985–2006 – Joseph "Big Joe" Todaro Jr. – stepped down and became consigliere.
2006–2012 – Benjamin "Sonny" Nicoletti Jr.[6]
Acting 2004–2012 – Robert Panaro Jr.
2016–present – Robert "Bobby" Panaro Jr.- Step as down as boss and has reported to the position of underboss due to the family going into a different direction.

Consigliere (official and acting)[edit]
1922–1964 – John C. Montana
1964–1974 – Salvatore "Sam" Pieri – removed and degraded.
Acting 1969–1974 – Giuseppe "Joseph" DiCarlo Jr. – removed by the Commission, ritired and deceased in 1980.
1974–1987 – Joseph Pieri Sr. – Sam Frangiamore's consigliere.
1987–2006 – Leonard "the Calzone" Falzone – became boss.
2006–2012 – Joseph "Big Joe" Todaro Jr.
2012–Present- Victor Sansanese.

[sdeitche]

Leonard Falzone died November 12, 2016

[tmarotta]

We basically cannot verify anything past 2006. Even Falzone being reported the boss was just speculation as no law enforcement agency released any statements to back up this claim. The last official boss was Joe Todaro Sr., the last underboss was his son Joe Todaro, Jr. and the last consigliere was Leonard Falzone. This Anthony Lupiania Todaro is an example of why wikipedia is a shitty source for OC. I assume this was edited by some insider such as The Arm or Rooster from the douchebag board. Lastly, I cannot recall the source but I believe Todaro may have been boss as early as 1984.

[B.]

In Magaddino's own words in the mid-1960s he never took a consigliere. Maybe he named one after that, but it appears there was none 1920s through mid-1960s.

[Wiseguy]

We basically cannot verify anything past 2006. Even Falzone being reported the boss was just speculation as no law enforcement agency released any statements to back up this claim. The last official boss was Joe Todaro Sr., the last underboss was his son Joe Todaro, Jr. and the last consigliere was Leonard Falzone. This Anthony Lupiania Todaro is an example of why wikipedia is a shitty source for OC. I assume this was edited by some insider such as The Arm or Rooster from the douchebag board. Lastly, I cannot recall the source but I believe Todaro may have been boss as early as 1984.

Agreed.

There is some limited info available on the remnants of what's left of the Mob in Buffalo.

Most everything else, including new rankings and claims of inside info is just bullshit some asshats on the forums make up out of thin air.

That 2016 info above is so obvious made up Wiki nonsense. Created by people with nothing better to do.

[mrmezza1]

Is Butchie bifulco still active and in any type of leadership position? And,is there any info on this,Jimmy Feliciano character who was supposedly inducted a few years back at about 37 YEARS old now ? In that huge shoplifting just it has his address listed in Brooklyn,Coney island I think on stillwell ave.

[Antiliar]

Apparently the FBI made a chart back in 2006 showing it had twenty something members: http://niagarafallsreporter.com/Stories ... udson.html

Some people are claiming it's still active, but I am not so sure. I don't know enough to rule it out completely, so if I were to make a chart I wouldn't go past 2006: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/buffalo ... 6MO0CJ4S3I

[Hailbritain]

I defo think there are active made guys left , but I think a structured mob family is a bit of a stretch , there has been no real indictments to support this at all

[tmarotta]

The family is dead I do not care what a bunch of random douchebags on an Internet message board say. I am so sick of people blogging that they are in the know and that a family such as Buffalo, New Orleans,etc. is active. When you ask for their sources, they submit wikipedia which strangely enough they edited it themselves or they send you a link to a blog they wrote. I do not think these "Internet Street guys" know what a legitimate source is.

In regards to Butchie, according to a friend of mine who works for the Buffalo Police Department, Butchie has not been active since he was released from prison. Furthermore, when he got shot by a crack dealer in 2001, that destroyed what was left of his reputation on the street. Feliciano was allegedly inducted before that shoplifting bust so that is almost 20 years ago. I would not call that recent. If anyone can supply actual reports from the Buffalo PD or FBI to show that I am wrong then I will gladly admit I was wrong. However, as these documents only exist in imaginationland I feel confidant that I am spot on.

I do agree with Hailbritain that there may be some guys doing some bookmaking but the family is dead. The last mention of anyone even connected to the family being arrested was associate Lenny Mordino being arrested for dealing cocaine in 2006.

[UTC]

So then it's not true that they merged with Rockford?

[phatmatress777]

So then it's not true that they merged with Rockford?

They merged with the family that broke away from them. Rochester New York!!! Duh!!!!


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[Wiseguy]

Apparently the FBI made a chart back in 2006 showing it had twenty something members: http://niagarafallsreporter.com/Stories ... udson.html

Some people are claiming it's still active, but I am not so sure. I don't know enough to rule it out completely, so if I were to make a chart I wouldn't go past 2006: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/buffalo ... 6MO0CJ4S3I

23 members to be exact in 2006 - a boss, underboss, consigliere, 4 captains, and 16 soldiers. I've referred people to that article many times when the subject of Buffalo comes up. And, if course, several members have died over the past decade. Anything can be put in chart form but I don't think the feds have considered it a viable family in years. You have to go back 20 years to find the last significant case when LIUNA Local 210 was taken over.

[Pogo The Clown]

So then it's not true that they merged with Rockford?

They merged with the family that broke away from them. Rochester New York!!! Duh!!!!

That was an inside joke Phat.


Pogo

[phatmatress777]

I was joking too. I really hope you think I'm not that dumb


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[Pogo The Clown]

Nah I just didn't know if you were around or remember the old debates about Rockford still having a family or not.


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