5 Families Circa 1965

[Pogo The Clown]

Christie and I are trying to put a chart together a chart for the NY families circa 1965 (the administration with the Capos and their territory). Here is what I have so far. Thanks to JD, HK and B for some of this info. Any additions or corrections welcome.

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Colombo:


Administration:
Boss: Joseph Colombo
UnderBoss: Salvatore "Charlie Lemons" Mineo
Consigliere: Benedetto D’Alessandro


Capos:
Vincent "Vinny" Aloi - Brooklyn
Simone Andolino – Brooklyn
Harry Fontana/Vincenzo "Jimmy" Muce (Acting) - Brooklyn
Nicholas “Jiggs” Forlano – Brooklyn, South Florida and Connecticut
John “Sonny” Franzese – Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island
John “Big John” Misuraca (Demoted in 1965)/Joseph "Joe Yack" Yacovelli – North Jersey
?-Salvatore “Sally the Sheik” Mussachio/Joseph Greca (Acting) - Brooklyn
John “Johnny Bath Beach” Oddo - Brooklyn
Carmine “Junior/The Snake” Persico - Brooklyn
Nicoline Sorrentino/Frank Fusco (Acting) - Brooklyn

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Lucchese:


Administration:
Boss: Gaetano "Tommy/Three Finger Brown" Lucchese
UnderBoss: Stefano LaSalle
Consigliere: Vincent "Nunzio" Rao


Capos:
Joseph Abate – North Jersey
Ciro “Charley Baker” Giampaolo - Manhattan
Joseph “Joey Narrow” LaRatro – Queens and Long Island
Joseph “Joe Brown” Lucchese – The Bronx
James "Jimmy Doyle" Plumeri – East Harlem and the Bronx
Joseph “Joe Palisades” Rosato - The Bronx
Salvatore “Tom Mix” Santoro (IP)/Joseph Capra (Acting) – The Bronx
Carmine "Mr. Gribs" Tramunti – East Harlem
Paul Vario/Salvatore Vario (Acting) – Brooklyn and Queens

[Pogo The Clown]

Gambino:


Administration:
Boss: Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino
UnderBoss: Joseph "Joe Bandy" Biondo (Demoted in 1965)
Aniello "Neil" Dellacroce
Consigliere: Joseph "Staten Island Joe" Riccobono


Capos:
Domenico Arcuri – Manhattan
David “Papa Dave” Amodeo – Bronx
Paul "Big Paul" Castellano – Brooklyn
Joseph “Gus” Colazzo – Brooklyn
Pasquale “Patsy” Conti – Brooklyn and Staten Island
Aniello "Neil" Dellacroce (Promoted to UnderBoss in 1965)/Michael “Mike Tally/The Baker” Caiazza – Manhattan and Queens
Charles “Rosario” Dongarro/Joseph N. Gallo (Acting) - Manhattan
Carmine "Charlie Wagons" Fattico – Brooklyn and Queens
Peter “Petey Pumps” Ferrara/James "Jimmy Brown" Failla (Acting) – Brooklyn, Staten Island and Trenton
Paolo "Don Paolo/Paul" Gambino – Brooklyn
Olympio “Lilo” Garafalo – Brooklyn and Manhattan
Joseph Gennaro – Manhattan and Brooklyn
Arthur “Chink” Leo (Died in 1965)/Anthony "Tony Baker" Napolitano (Acting) – East Harlem and Queens
Luigi Morici – Baltimore
Joseph Paterno – North Jersey
Frank Perrone – North Jersey
Gaetano “Tommy” Russo – Brooklyn
Anthony Scotto – Brooklyn
Anthony “Tony the Geep” Sedotto – Bronx
Joseph "Joe Rivers" Silesi – South Florida
Pietro “Peter” Stincone - Bronx
Giuseppe Traina/Mario Triana (Acting) – Brooklyn
Ettore "Terry" Zappi – Queens and South Florida

[Pogo The Clown]

Genovese:


Administration:
Boss: Vito "Don Vito" Genovese (IP)
-Acting Boss: Gerardo "Jerry" Catena
UnderBoss: Gerardo "Jerry" Catena
-Acting UnderBoss: Thomas “Tommy Ryan” Eboli
Consigliere: Michele "Mike" Miranda


Capos:
Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo – Brooklyn, Queens and South Florida
James "Jimmy" Angellino – Bronx
Ruggiero "Richie the Boot" Bioardo – North Jersey
Anthony “Tony” Carillo – Brooklyn
Eugene “Gene” Catena – North Jersey
Frank Celano – Brooklyn
Salvatore “Little Sal” Celembrino – Brooklyn
Michael “Trigger Mike” Coppola/Benjamin “Benny the Bum” DeMartino (Acting) – Manhattan, the Bronx and South Florida
Salvatore “Big Nose” Cufari – Springfield, Mass
Angelo “Gyp” DeCarlo – North Jersey
Peter “Pete Desi” DeFeo – Brooklyn and Manhattan
Thomas “Tommy Ryan” Eboli/Pasquale “Patsy” Eboli (Acting) – Manhattan
Cosmo Fresca/Ilario “Larry” Pisani (Acting) – Manhattan and Brooklyn
Vincenzo Genoroso/Michele "Micky Dimino" Generoso (Acting) – Brooklyn
Thomas “Tommy Palmer” Greco/Joseph LaPadura (Acting) - Manhattan
Harry Lanza – Manhattan and Brooklyn
Rocco “The Old Man” Pellegrino/Rosario “Saro” Mogavero (Acting) - Manhattan
Alphonse “Frank/Funzi" Tieri – Brooklyn


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Bonanno:

Administration:
Boss: Gasper DiGregorio
UnderBoss: Peter “Skinny Pete/Little Pete” Crociata
Consigliere: Paul “Patty Shack” Sciascia


Capos:
Nicolo Alfano - Manhattan
John “Johnny Aqua” Aquaro – Brooklyn and Queens
Charles “Charlie Batts” Battaglia – Tuscon, Arizona
Stefano “Stevie Beefs” Cannone – Manhattan
Angelo Caruso – Manhattan and North Jersey
Michael “Bruno/Mikey Pip” Consolo – Manhattan
Gaetano “Thomas/Smitty” D’Angelo – Brooklyn
Joseph “Joe” DiMaria - Brooklyn
Louis “Ruby” Grecco – Montreal
Armando “Mondo” Pollastrino – The Bronx
Philip “Rusty” Rastelli - Queens
Michael “Mimi” Sabella – Manhattan, Brooklyn and North Jersey
Matteo Valvo – Brooklyn

[Antiliar]

Looks great. There's a few typos, like Vincent Roa should be Vincent Rao, and Charles Battaglia of Tuscan should be Tucson.

What would you guys think of a 1931-32 chart in the future? Would be challenging, but interesting.

[Angelo Santino]

Looks great. There's a few typos, like Vincent Roa should be Vincent Rao, and Charles Battaglia of Tuscan should be Tucson.

What would you guys think of a 1931-32 chart in the future? Would be challenging, but interesting.

Pogo and I just discussed doing an earlier chart. We can start a discussion on it and see where how it goes.

[Angelo Santino]

Re: Pogo

Thank you again. I'm going through the FBN Mafia book to obtain as many home addresses for the above as I can, once that's done I'll post those I'm missing and see if we can get an approximate address.

[HairyKnuckles]

Colombo:


Administration:
Boss: Joseph Colombo
UnderBoss: Salvatore "Charlie Lemons" Mineo
Consigliere: Benedetto D’Alessandro


Capos:
Simone Andolino – Brooklyn
Nicholas “Jiggs” Forlano – Brooklyn and South Florida
John “Sonny” Franzese – Brooklyn and Queens
John “Big John” Misuraca (Demoted in 1965)/Joseph "Joe Yack" Yacovelli – North Jersey
Salvatore “Sally the Sheik” Mussachio/Joseph Greca (Acting) - Brooklyn
John “Johnny Bath Beach” Oddo - Brooklyn
Carmine “Junior/The Snake” Persico - Brooklyn
Nicoline Sorrentino/Frank Fusco (Acting) - Brooklyn

Pogo, Harry Fontana was still an official captain but had Vincenzo "Jimmy" Muce acting for him.
Vincent Aloi was also a captain in 1965.

Genovese:

Capos:
James "Jimmy" Angellino – Brooklyn

Angellino was based out of a location at 187th Street and Crescent Avenue in the Bronx. Not Brooklyn.

Gambinos:

Capos:

Arthur “Chink” Leo (Died in 1965)/David “Papa Dave” Amodeo – Bronx

Leo was succeeded by Tony "The Baker" Napolitano Sr after his death in 1965. This crew was mostly East Harlem/Queens based. Amodeo (Bronx based) was a captain already in 1957 when Scalise´s crew was split between Amodeo and Leo. Papa Dave still a captain in 1965.

Charles “Rosario” Dongarro - Manhattan

Joe N. Gallo acting for Dongarro who was basically semi retired.

Lucchese:


Administration:
Boss: Gaetano "Tommy/Three Finger Brown" Lucchese
UnderBoss: Stefano LaSalle
Consigliere: Vincent "Nunzio" Roa


Capos:
Ettore Coco - The Bronx
Joseph “Joey Narrow” LaRatro – Queens and Long Island
Joseph “Joe Brown” Lucchese – The Bronx
Benjamin “Penooks” Pizzolato – North Jersey
Salvatore “Tom Mix” Santoro – The Bronx
Carmine "Mr. Gribs" Tramunti – East Harlem
Paul Vario/Salvatore Vario (Acting) – Brooklyn and Queens

You´re missing Chris Furnari, Joe Rosato, Jimmy Plumeri, Joe Lagano and Ciro Giampola who was acting but I don´t know for whom.
Joe "Hooks" Capra acting for Santoro (who was in prison) and although Coco was considered for the top spot after Lucchese´s death doubtful if he was a captain in 1965 (he had been previously).
Benny Pizzolato died in 1964, succeeded by Joe Abate.

[gohnjotti]

John “Sonny” Franzese – Brooklyn and Queens

Franzese also had extensive gambling operations in Long Island.

[B.]

Wasn't Marangello a captain then? I believe he took part of the Notaro crew but went with DiGregorio. This is the first I've seen Galante listed as a captain in the mid-1960s. Joe Notaro took over Galante's crew after he went to prison, but did something come out saying Galante kept his captain status under DiGregorio?

This is a good collection of lists.

[HairyKnuckles]

Wasn't Marangello a captain then? I believe he took part of the Notaro crew but went with DiGregorio. This is the first I've seen Galante listed as a captain in the mid-1960s. Joe Notaro took over Galante's crew after he went to prison, but did something come out saying Galante kept his captain status under DiGregorio?

This is a good collection of lists.

You're right. Galante was no longer a captain in 1965. He was demoted by Bonanno.

[B.]

Wasn't Marangello a captain then? I believe he took part of the Notaro crew but went with DiGregorio. This is the first I've seen Galante listed as a captain in the mid-1960s. Joe Notaro took over Galante's crew after he went to prison, but did something come out saying Galante kept his captain status under DiGregorio?

This is a good collection of lists.

You're right. Galante was no longer a captain in 1965. He was demoted by Bonanno.

This seems to have been the same point when the Montreal crew split off from the Galante/Notaro crew.

I assume Galante was demoted not because of his heroin trafficking but because of the length of his prison sentence. There aren't many examples of captains back then who received long sentences and maintained acting captains, that I know of at least. In the past few decades it is much more common for a captain to keep his title even while serving 10+ years away.

[HairyKnuckles]

Wasn't Marangello a captain then? I believe he took part of the Notaro crew but went with DiGregorio. This is the first I've seen Galante listed as a captain in the mid-1960s. Joe Notaro took over Galante's crew after he went to prison, but did something come out saying Galante kept his captain status under DiGregorio?

This is a good collection of lists.

You're right. Galante was no longer a captain in 1965. He was demoted by Bonanno.

This seems to have been the same point when the Montreal crew split off from the Galante/Notaro crew.

I assume Galante was demoted not because of his heroin trafficking but because of the length of his prison sentence. There aren't many examples of captains back then who received long sentences and maintained acting captains, that I know of at least. In the past few decades it is much more common for a captain to keep his title even while serving 10+ years away.

I will have to go back and read Bill Bonanno what he said but I think he was demoted due to him being found guilty in his drug case. Another informant (possibly Riccobene) said Galante was shelved and retired.

[AlexfromSouth]

Colombo:


Administration:
Boss: Joseph Colombo
UnderBoss: Salvatore "Charlie Lemons" Mineo
Consigliere: Benedetto D’Alessandro


Capos:
Simone Andolino – Brooklyn
Nicholas “Jiggs” Forlano – Brooklyn and South Florida
John “Sonny” Franzese – Brooklyn and Queens
John “Big John” Misuraca (Demoted in 1965)/Joseph "Joe Yack" Yacovelli – North Jersey
Salvatore “Sally the Sheik” Mussachio/Joseph Greca (Acting) - Brooklyn
John “Johnny Bath Beach” Oddo - Brooklyn
Carmine “Junior/The Snake” Persico - Brooklyn
Nicoline Sorrentino/Frank Fusco (Acting) - Brooklyn

Pogo, Harry Fontana was still an official captain but had Vincenzo "Jimmy" Muce acting for him.
Vincent Aloi was also a captain in 1965.

Genovese:

Capos:
James "Jimmy" Angellino – Brooklyn

Angellino was based out of a location at 187th Street and Crescent Avenue in the Bronx. Not Brooklyn.

Gambinos:

Capos:

Arthur “Chink” Leo (Died in 1965)/David “Papa Dave” Amodeo – Bronx

Leo was succeeded by Tony "The Baker" Napolitano Sr after his death in 1965. This crew was mostly East Harlem/Queens based. Amodeo (Bronx based) was a captain already in 1957 when Scalise´s crew was split between Amodeo and Leo. Papa Dave still a captain in 1965.

Charles “Rosario” Dongarro - Manhattan

Joe N. Gallo acting for Dongarro who was basically semi retired.

Lucchese:


Administration:
Boss: Gaetano "Tommy/Three Finger Brown" Lucchese
UnderBoss: Stefano LaSalle
Consigliere: Vincent "Nunzio" Roa


Capos:
Ettore Coco - The Bronx
Joseph “Joey Narrow” LaRatro – Queens and Long Island
Joseph “Joe Brown” Lucchese – The Bronx
Benjamin “Penooks” Pizzolato – North Jersey
Salvatore “Tom Mix” Santoro – The Bronx
Carmine "Mr. Gribs" Tramunti – East Harlem
Paul Vario/Salvatore Vario (Acting) – Brooklyn and Queens

You´re missing Chris Furnari, Joe Rosato, Jimmy Plumeri, Joe Lagano and Ciro Giampola who was acting but I don´t know for whom.
Joe "Hooks" Capra acting for Santoro (who was in prison) and although Coco was considered for the top spot after Lucchese´s death doubtful if he was a captain in 1965 (he had been previously).
Benny Pizzolato died in 1964, succeeded by Joe Abate.

What year does Furnari turn up as capo? At the earliest

[Hailbritain]

Christie and I are trying to put a chart together a chart for the NY families circa 1965 (the administration with the Capos and their territory). Here is what I have so far. Thanks to JD, HK and B for some of this info. Any additions or corrections welcome.

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Colombo:


Administration:
Boss: Joseph Colombo
UnderBoss: Salvatore "Charlie Lemons" Mineo
Consigliere: Benedetto D’Alessandro


Capos:
Simone Andolino – Brooklyn
Nicholas “Jiggs” Forlano – Brooklyn and South Florida
John “Sonny” Franzese – Brooklyn and Queens
John “Big John” Misuraca (Demoted in 1965)/Joseph "Joe Yack" Yacovelli – North Jersey
Salvatore “Sally the Sheik” Mussachio/Joseph Greca (Acting) - Brooklyn
John “Johnny Bath Beach” Oddo - Brooklyn
Carmine “Junior/The Snake” Persico - Brooklyn
Nicoline Sorrentino/Frank Fusco (Acting) - Brooklyn

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Lucchese:


Administration:
Boss: Gaetano "Tommy/Three Finger Brown" Lucchese
UnderBoss: Stefano LaSalle
Consigliere: Vincent "Nunzio" Roa


Capos:
Ettore Coco - The Bronx
Joseph “Joey Narrow” LaRatro – Queens and Long Island
Joseph “Joe Brown” Lucchese – The Bronx
Benjamin “Penooks” Pizzolato – North Jersey
Salvatore “Tom Mix” Santoro – The Bronx
Carmine "Mr. Gribs" Tramunti – East Harlem
Paul Vario/Salvatore Vario (Acting) – Brooklyn and Queens

Wasn't Vincent Gugliaro capo of what became the scarpati crew throughout the 60s and 70s ??

[Hailbritain]

Also wasn't Ralph "Whitey" Tropiano a Colombo capo in the mid 60s ??