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Philip Lombardo (October 6, 1908 in New York City – April 29, 1987) also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Phil", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s.
The Genovese crime family (pronounced [dʒenoˈveːze,-eːse]), also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia.
Philip Lombardo also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Philosophy", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s.
- Giuseppe Morello 1892 – 1909
- Nick Terranova 1910 – 1916
- Vincenzo Terranova 1916 – 1920
- Giuseppe Morello 1920 – 1922
- Joe Masseria 1922 – 1931
- Lucky Luciano 1931 – 1946
- Frank Costello 1946 – 1957
- Vito Genovese 1957 – 1969
- Philip Lombardo 1969 – 1981
- Vincent Gigante 1981 – 2005
In 1892 Giuseppe Morello arrived in New York from Corleone. He would later become considered the leader of the first important Mafia family of New York. He was famous for having a one-fingered deformed right hand that resembled a claw. Morello was found guilty of counterfeiting in 1909 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He maintained his posi...
Nicholas Terranova or Nicholas Morello as he went on to be known was a half-brother to Giuseppe and would take the helm at the top of the Morello family shortly after Giuseppe was arrested for counterfeiting. However, Nick’s reign at the top would last just 6 years when on September 7, 1916, he and his bodyguard Charles Ubriaco were killed by Pelle...
After the death of Nick, we saw another Terranova step up to the throne. This time Vincenzo who was the older brother in the family. Vincenzo would control the family for 4 years, handing back control to Giuseppe upon his release from prison in 1920. 2 years later in 1922, Vincenzo was gunned down in a drive-by shooting near his home on East 116th ...
Newly released from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in 1920 and trying to retake control of his empire, Morello found himself to be considered a threat to his former captain, now turned Mafia boss, Salvatore D’Aquila, who, within a year of Morello’s release, ordered Morello killed. Morello, along with a number of others now under orders of death by D’...
Masseria now became head of the Morello family with Giuseppe Morello as his consiglieri or counselor. This may have fit in well with Morello’s desire to avoid attracting undue police attention; he was safer taking on a secondary role behind the overt leader. Masseria would now go on to become a prominent figure in the New York underworld, growing i...
Acting 1936-1937: Vito Genovese Acting 1937-1946: Frank Costello In early 1931, Luciano decided to eliminate Masseria. The war had been going poorly for Masseria, and Luciano saw an opportunity to switch allegiance. In a secret deal with Maranzano, Luciano agreed to engineer Masseria’s death in return for receiving Masseria’s rackets and becoming M...
Control over the family was handed to one of Lucky’s old time friends, Frank Costello, who would then go on to lead the family for nearly 11 years. With the help of his top capos, Anthony Strollo, Joe Adonis, Anthony Carfano and Michael Coppola, the crime family ran smoothly and undeterred. Costello’s rule was very profitable, with slot machines in...
Acting 1959–1962: Anthony Strollo Acting 1962–1965: Thomas Eboli Acting 1965–1969: Philip Lombardo Vito came to power in 1957 after years of wanting to take control of the family. With Luciano locked up he formed a plan with Carlo Gambino in order to overthrow the current bosses. Costello as we mentioned above made it away with his life, but unfort...
In 1969 at the age of 51, Philip took the helm at the top of the Genovese crime family tree and used the likes of Thomas Eboli and Alphonse Tieri as front-bosses in order to insulate himself from FBI investigations. By 1981, Lombardo was in poor health and played a more relaxed role in the day-to-day operations of the family. He made it clear that ...
Acting 1981 – 1986: Tony Salerno Acting 1990–1992: Liborio Bellomo Acting 1997–1998: Dominick Cirillo Acting 1998–2005: Matthew Ianniello For 24 years Gigante ran the Genovese Family, but he could have had his career cut short in 1957 for failing to complete the hit on Frank Costello. By 1981 he became the family’s boss, while Anthony Salerno serve...
Tommy Eboli and Funzi Tieri had in fact taken orders from little-known mobster Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo who had ruled the family from behind the throne until his death in 1981.
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Philip Lombardo also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Phil", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s. He succeeded Vito Genovese as Boss in 1969 and was succeeded by Vincent Gigante in 1981.
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