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6 days ago · New York City has a 200 year history of street gangs going back to the early 1800s. During the 1830s & 1840s the street gangs and political leaders worked together in a variety of illegal racquets.
3 days ago · Founded in the 1900s, the Lupo Mano Nera gang was one of the first Italian criminal groups in New York. [15] [16] Lupo was partner in many ventures with Morello, who was the original capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses), a title that would later be coveted by D'Aquila.
- 1900s
- Vincent Mangano
- 1900s–present
- New York City, New York, United States
4 days ago · Hell’s Kitchen got its tough reputation due to its close proximity to the Hudson River docks, where the first German and Irish immigrants found work and eventually formed gangs in the 19th ...
4 days ago · 1. Rao’s. Next: #2 Sparks Steakhouse. View all on one page. Rao’s originally opened its Harlem location in 1896. It was a famous spot for wiseguys and gangsters throughout the place’s long history:...
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Apr 16, 2024 · PIKER RYAN was not a nice guy -- even by the lawless standards of New York City mobsters in 1880s. Ryan was a thug-for-hire associated with the Whyos, one of the era's most vicious street gangs.
Apr 12, 2024 · Johnny Torrio (born February 1882, Orsara, Italy—died April 16, 1957, New York, New York, U.S.) was an American gangster who became a top crime boss in Chicago and one of the founders of modern organized crime in America. Born in a village near Naples, Torrio was brought to New York City by his widowed mother when he was two.
4 days ago · Apr. 18, 2024, 1:27 AM ET (CBS) Man known as "Sal the Shoemaker" admits he ran illegal gambling operation for the Mafia in his NYC shop. Show More. Mafia, hierarchically structured society of criminals of primarily Italian or Sicilian birth or extraction.
