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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.
Fast fact about Todt hill section of Staten Island: Big Paul Castellano's house was literally 10 houses away from where Franky got hit. That has to be a "crime free" neighborhood until a dust up like this one.
Yes, a friend of mine lives in Brooklyn in what was long a mob neighborhood. She said years ago you could just park your car at 3 a.m. on the street and walk home without fear.
A lot of the local small-time mob crooks were locked up over the past 20 years, and now the neighborhood is not as safe as it was when people knew Mafia members lived there. There are muggings and break-ins.
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.
According to local news reports not a bit of it; apparently suspect had a personal beef with the *Don* over not being allowed to date his niece.
Yes, a friend of mine lives in Brooklyn in what was long a mob neighborhood. She said years ago you could just park your car at 3 a.m. on the street and walk home without fear.
A lot of the local small-time mob crooks were locked up over the past 20 years, and now the neighborhood is not as safe as it was when people knew Mafia members lived there. There are muggings and break-ins.
true had family there and I can relate.
this has happened even in the area in which I now reside.
I knew some of those that have appeared in books and future movie . they did offer a measure of safety in the old days and were respectful as long as they got respect.
not so anymore due to small timers with too big egos
Look up Chicago crime and you will see 8-10 murders on a random Saturday night. Maybe 20-30 people get shot over a holiday weekend when it gets warmer like (Mem day or 4th).
Not sure this is sign of anything more significant?
Many years ago (about 50) I audited two sportswear firms in NYC owned by Carlos Gambino and Tomas Lucchese that were managed by Tom Gambino. Tom had married Lucchese's daughter Frances. Pictures of her and their children were in the office.
I found Tom to be a straight-up guy with a sense of irony. When I asked why he paid the Shipping Supervisor so much he answered, "Because he is an honest man." In those days it was the practice of Shipping Supervisors to divert some of the inventory to augment their earnings. Every auditor knows that if you are 'managing' the books you need to make sure that you are the only one doing that. I was in my early 20s and from the west coast. Even I understood the message.
Frankly, I liked Tom. I don't blame him for the actions of the previous generation.
Looking more and more like yes, other than who was shot and who did the shooting being involved or whatever with "organized crime", the event otherwise is nothing to do with Mafia.
Until or unless something more comes out this beef had nothing to do with the *mob* per se; but fact Anthony Comello was told to steer clear of Francesco Cali's niece.
Suspect is an eejit and looks more and more so as days go by. His bizarre behavior previously caught the attention of federal government who had him checked out/watched.
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I don't blame him for the actions of the previous generation.
