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Constantino Paul Castellano was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, on June 26, 1915.His parents, Giuseppe and Concetta Castellano (née Cassata), were both Italian immigrants; his father was a butcher and an early member of the Mangano crime family, the forerunner of the Gambino crime family.
Gambino was born on August 23, 1929, to Carlo and Catherine (née Castellano) Gambino. He had three siblings, Joseph, Carl, and Phyllis Gambino Sinatra. [1] His father joined the original Mangano crime family during the 1930s, rose to capo and later to underboss.
Castellano's son Philip was the president of Scara-Mix Concrete Corporation, which exercised a near monopoly on Staten Island on construction concrete. [52] Castellano also handled the Gambino interests in the "Concrete Club", a club of contractors selected by The Commission to handle contracts between $2 million and $15 million. [53]
The kiosk and an adjacent booth were damaged and the roof off the ice-skating rink sustained “heat impingement,” according to NYFD Battalion Chief Joseph Castellano. The cause of the fire is ...
Joseph Watts (born 1942) also known as "The German" is an associate of the Gambino crime family. He was a close confidant of former boss John Gotti and participated in the infamous 1985 assassination of Paul "Big Paul" Castellano. [1] [2] Watts was not a made man due to being only Italian on his maternal side, while being German, Welsh on his ...
In 1932, Gambino married one of his cousins, Catherine Castellano, sister of future Gambino family boss Paul Castellano. [5] They raised four children – sons Thomas , Joseph (March 28, 1936 – February 20, 2020 [ 6 ] ) and Carlo Jr. (1934–2019) and a daughter, Phyllis Gambino Sinatra (September 22, 1927 – February 19, 2007).
Castellano's sons, Joseph and Phillip, managed the chain. There is no evidence that Castellano promoted or wanted to induct Amato as a " made man " into the Gambino crime family. Dial Meat Purveyors, Inc. also served Waldbaum's and Key Food Cooperative on whose boards of directors Gambino crime family capo Pasquale Conte sat as a member.
When Castellano appointed his chauffeur Bilotti as underboss to replace the recently deceased Aniello Dellacroce, [7] Gotti decided to move against Castellano. Although DeCicco had enjoyed close ties with Castellano, he joined Gotti, Gravano, Joseph "Joe Piney" Armone, and Frank "Frankie Loc" Locascio in the murder conspiracy.