Frank Cali, Head of New York's Gambino family, is shot dead in New York

[steel7]

Looks like the mob is still alive & well.

[Hulsker 1856]

Originally Posted by Gantz

NYPD source said the hit was "disrespectful".

What's the world coming to when mob hits no longer follow established decorum, protocol, and etiquette?

[JerseyGirl415]

Originally Posted by Gantz

NYPD source said the hit was "disrespectful".

https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/gambin...n-island-home/

Todt Hill is an upscale, quiet neighborhood. Nicest on SI. Some nice, large houses, lots of trees. Things like this just don't happen there. Imagine hearing 6+ shots in an area like that? Disrespectful for that reason, and because it was at his house with his family right inside.

I've seen people on the internet wondering if this is somehow connected to the recent $70M+ coke bust at the Port of Newark. Would be interesting if it somehow was.

The mob is definitely alive and well, anyone in the area knows it. There are still busts where like 50+ people are arrested in NY and NJ, there was one rather recently.

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by Dd714

The Cosa Nostra has been a shadow of it's former self for several decades now which I am guessing is why you don't hear much about Mafia gang violence anymore. Most former members are in jail, dead, or took over more profitable pursuits. Russian and other ethnic organized crime groups, motorcycle clubs, and street gangs have long taken over there business.
He probably got whacked by some local teenage gang banger, and there's not a thing they can do about it.

Now the mafia as we formally knew them only exists in popular culture (Soprano's, etc).
The below article by the way is over 20 years ago.
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publ...american-mafia

They are not as big as they were decades ago, sure, but they still have some 'weight' in the area, loan-sharking, drugs, mostly. I have a relative that married into that.

[ShakenStirred]

Originally Posted by Dd714

The Cosa Nostra has been a shadow of it's former self for several decades now which I am guessing is why you don't hear much about Mafia gang violence anymore. Most former members are in jail, dead, or took over more profitable pursuits. Russian and other ethnic organized crime groups, motorcycle clubs, and street gangs have long taken over there business.
He probably got whacked by some local teenage gang banger, and there's not a thing they can do about it.

Now the mafia as we formally knew them only exists in popular culture (Soprano's, etc).
The below article by the way is over 20 years ago.
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publ...american-mafia

That just the kind of response that makes us think you might have something to do with this.....


SS

[charmed hour]

Originally Posted by steel7

Looks like the mob is still alive & well.

Sure is. There was an attempt last summer in the Bronx and the guys father was murdered a few months later. https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost....he-movies/amp/

There was also one several years back on my block in the Bronx and it wasn’t he first in recent memory. In fact, my previous next door neighbor was brother to the head of the Bonnano crime family.

[Dd714]

Originally Posted by ShakenStirred

That just the kind of response that makes us think you might have something to do with this.....


SS

haha. It's funny the mob existed for decades and even J. Edgar Hoover denied they existed. Now they make movies and TV shows about them.

But no seriously, drugs and the RICO act pretty much destroyed them. They are still around in certain niche areas in NYC but they just aren't the power players they once were.

Here is a recent article that explains the reasons for the decline, as well as the possible motivation for the current murder:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime...=.8897ac76b956

[USNRET04]

Originally Posted by Gantz

NYPD source said the hit was "disrespectful".

https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/gambin...n-island-home/

The killer then drove over the dying crime boss as he lay in the street. That's even more disrespectful...

I'm sure someone already whacked Cali's killer already and fitted him with some cement shoes.

I wonder what kind of retaliation there will be from the Gambino family?

[ClubMike]

Oh the mob is still around alright, they just all became politicians. Congressman and senators mostly.

[don1945]

Originally Posted by Brave New World

First Mob Boss killed in the city since 1985.

Hopefully this won't lead to some kind of mob war in NYC.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.