Mob-connected garbage company under scrutiny

[Wiseguy]

A Fatal Accident Leads to Broader Questions About NYC Trash Hauler’s Operations
A ProPublica inquiry sparked by the death of a motorist in Brooklyn shows the trash company involved is headquartered on land owned by someone banned from the industry years ago.
Kiera Feldman
August 13, 2018


Shortly after a wheel came loose from a Century Waste garbage truck in Brooklyn, killing a motorist in an oncoming car, the New York City agency that oversees the private sanitation industry announced it would help the police investigate the crash.

There would seem to be much to investigate, for Century Waste trucks have routinely failed safety inspections in recent years. Federal records show that 65 percent of the company’s 32 trucks subjected to government inspection were pulled off the road for safety violations over the past two years.

But ProPublica has discovered something else the city agency, known as the Business Integrity Commission, could look into as well: Records show that Century Waste’s headquarters sit on land owned by a man the city had run out of New York’s private sanitation industry years ago during a crackdown on mob influence and corruption. The Business Integrity Commission, which oversees New York City’s trash collection industry, bars companies from doing business of any kind with such individuals. In fact, the agency was created with the express purpose of keeping such people out of the garbage industry.

A review of New Jersey corporate and property records show that the man who owns the land through an LLC — an industrial property in Elizabeth, New Jersey — is Frank Savino, who along with other members of his family ran several trash hauling companies in New York City two decades ago. In the late 1990s, as part of a racketeering case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, prosecutors charged Savino with conspiracy to form a monopoly. Savino eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor — criminal facilitation. In order to sell the family companies, he agreed to a lifetime ban from the private trash industry.

The ban, issued in 1998 and formally called a debarment, came with a very specific prohibition for anyone still working in the industry: No garbage company in New York City could do business with Savino.

Century Waste was started in 2005, and is today owned by Marc Savino, Frank’s son. It is not clear if any financial relationship exists between Marc Savino and his father — paying rent for the land, for instance. Frank Savino bought the land in 2001 and then transferred it in 2004 to an LLC that lists him as a principal: Dowd Ave Associates, the owner of the property at 623 Dowd Avenue, Century Waste’s headquarters.

ProPublica sent a list of questions about Century Waste’s operations, including any dealings with Frank Savino, to the company’s spokesman, Ara Chekmayan. He did not address the questions about Marc Savino’s dealings with his father, but issued a statement regarding the fatal Aug. 1 accident in Brooklyn. Efforts to reach Frank Savino in recent days were not successful, and an initial online search did not yield any instances of Frank Savino discussing his lifetime ban or his current association with his son’s trash business.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-fa ... operations

[Wiseguy]

As I imagine someone will ask, Frank Savino had ties to the Gambinos.

[Garbageman]

Good luck trying to close up Marc's company because they banned Frank. Tried and failed with several before Century. Printing bullshit stories to encourage high profile customers to seek alternate haulers. Scumbags. Century ain't going anywhere, neither will Marc.

And since that last "wheel-off" fatality, the whole shop has snapped to. Everyone is on their toes because they knew this was coming. The main reason for the entire push on this is because deBlasio and his sniveling constituency of liberal scum wants NYC to switch to what they refer to as "franchising"...when in fact, what it really is, is property rights and area control, or "zoning", if you want to make it sound nice nice.

Thank God several large private haulers still have swing in the city and their in house, well "plugged in" attorneys have already laid the ground work to squash the living shit out of any attempt to franchise NYC. It failed in California and it won't work here either. Nice try tho [emoji16]

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[Garbageman]

By the way, how's it going wiseguy....long time no speak

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[Wiseguy]

By the way, how's it going wiseguy....long time no speak

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It goes.

And de Blasio can go crap in his hat.

[FriendofFamily]

Always under the microscope - no rest - Media stirrer - sell articles

[TommyNoto]

It’s pretty hysterical how out in the open some of
The banned guys are and to be complaIning now ? Somethings up as almost every banned guy in ( N.J. at least) owned the real estate and the garbage biz was transferred direct to close relatives ( haven’t seen a cousin transfer ) so a little strange IMO

[Wiseguy]

Some articles about Sanitation Salvage, run by the Squitieri brothers. All things considered, I'm surprised these guys have been allowed to continue to operate since the 1990s (even with the monitoring up to 2005).


https://www.propublica.org/article/sani ... age-hauler

https://features.propublica.org/sanitat ... g-garbage/

[Wiseguy]

Stumbled across this site that apparently seeks to expose dirty practices of several waste companies in New York.

Anthony Tristani (Five Star)
Jerry & David Antonacci (Crown Container)
Tom Tolentino (Planet Waste)
Bellino Brothers (Liberty Ashes)
Chris Antonacci (Crown Waste)
Thomas Toscano (Mr. T)

http://trashkingpinsnyc.org

[TommyNoto]

That’s a great article WG about SS - 2nd link

It’s amazing how the 5 families are still involved in so many big industries . They don’t control it like before but still have loads of relationships that results in still pretty big business in many industries. The Fish market seems to be only one they never recovered

Same goes for just how many big associates earners in the NY / NJ area , like the father son Bonnano associated that just got shot . Seems with all these indictments and misc mob articles that there is still a large pool of big earning associates for LCN to over see . Very resilient families in that area

[Wiseguy]

That’s a great article WG about SS - 2nd link

It’s amazing how the 5 families are still involved in so many big industries . They don’t control it like before but still have loads of relationships that results in still pretty big business in many industries. The Fish market seems to be only one they never recovered

Same goes for just how many big associates earners in the NY / NJ area , like the father son Bonnano associated that just got shot . Seems with all these indictments and misc mob articles that there is still a large pool of big earning associates for LCN to over see . Very resilient families in that area

They have been able to retain a presence in the construction/demolition, waste hauling/recycling, trucking, and waterfront industries to varying degrees, though certainly reduced compared to the past. Obviously a lot of these things interconnect.

Where they lost their presence was in the Garment Center, JFK Airport, the wholesale food markets, and Javits Center.