Randolph Pizzolo

[slimshady_007]

Got some questions on Bonanno associate Randolph Pizzolo- what crew was he with before he was whacked? Any murders Pizzolo was believed to have done? (I believe i read that Pizzolo bragged about bein a murderer) What was the definitive reason Pizzolo was killed? Ive read several motives behind the killing. Lastly, what was mike mancuso’s role in the hit?

[SonnyBlackstein]

Good question.

Likewise appreciate any info

[gohnjotti]

Randolph Pizzolo was under Dominick Cicale, Vincent Basciano's acting capo.
In the months before his death, he had been "running his mouth" and being disrespectful to Bonanno family mobsters. He also bragged about knee-capping a Lucchese mobster and insisted he was the only person in the Bonanno family who knew how to kill. Then, he had begun being sloppy in construction work that he did for Vincent Basciano, who used to speak so highly of Pizzolo. Pizzolo was alleged to have stolen from Basciano's associates including Robert Van Zandt Jr., who was especially critical of Pizzolo. Eventually, Dominick Cicale insisted that Pizzolo move from New York down to Florida to supervise a real estate deal. He was being "chased" out of the city. But Pizzolo refused to leave.

So he was essentially disliked by most of his peers because of his arrogance, his construction work for Basciano & Co. began getting sloppy and eventually costly, and he refused to leave New York when Dominick Cicale insisted, even after Cicale got a real estate deal lined up for him.
I got this information from Village Voice reporter Anthony M. DeStefano's book: Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster.

[slimshady_007]

Randolph Pizzolo was under Dominick Cicale, Vincent Basciano's acting capo.
In the months before his death, he had been "running his mouth" and being disrespectful to Bonanno family mobsters. He also bragged about knee-capping a Lucchese mobster and insisted he was the only person in the Bonanno family who knew how to kill. Then, he had begun being sloppy in construction work that he did for Vincent Basciano, who used to speak so highly of Pizzolo. Pizzolo was alleged to have stolen from Basciano's associates including Robert Van Zandt Jr., who was especially critical of Pizzolo. Eventually, Dominick Cicale insisted that Pizzolo move from New York down to Florida to supervise a real estate deal. He was being "chased" out of the city. But Pizzolo refused to leave.

So he was essentially disliked by most of his peers because of his arrogance, his construction work for Basciano & Co. began getting sloppy and eventually costly, and he refused to leave New York when Dominick Cicale insisted, even after Cicale got a real estate deal lined up for him.
I got this information from Village Voice reporter Anthony M. DeStefano's book: Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster.

Good post. Thanks 4 the info.

[Stroccos]

Got some questions on Bonanno associate Randolph Pizzolo- what crew was he with before he was whacked? Any murders Pizzolo was believed to have done? (I believe i read that Pizzolo bragged about bein a murderer) What was the definitive reason Pizzolo was killed? Ive read several motives behind the killing. Lastly, what was mike mancuso’s role in the hit?

, there was a ten page thread here about it at some point ,