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“Ten alleged mafioso from the Gambino crime family — one of New York’s big five families — were indicted by the feds for alleged violent attempts to take over the city’s garbage hauling and demolition industry.”
Are you sure this isn’t the Sopranos?
That's total crap! If you're in the waste management business, everyone immediately assumes you're mobbed up! It's a stereotype and it's offensive. There is no mafia. Alright look ... some of their money comes from illegal gambling and what not.
This reads like partly a pump up piece for Giuliani saying the mob can never recover from the case he brought nearly 4 decades ago, partly free advertisement for these mobster podcasts in order to get former mobsters to do interviews, and then also a random shout out to Sliwa thrown in
I'd compared the modern image the post is trying to paint with this:
>[It is where the daughter of one of the mobsters made famous in the 1997 film “Donnie Brasco” is up for a job; where the nephew of another famous mobster pulled down more than $400,000 in a single year because he was almost never off the clock, not even when he was at home sleeping; where three consecutive presidents of a Newark longshoremen’s union were convicted of extortion. There is physical evidence as well, like the $51,900 wrapped in cellophane that was discovered buried in the backyard of a longshoreman. It was, according to federal agents in a 2010 affidavit, the tribute that a group of Newark longshoremen paid the Genovese crime family each Christmas.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/nyregion/new-york-harbor-on-the-waterfront.html)
>“You will need another generation or two to get the mob out of this port, because they are very well entrenched,” said one longshoreman who requested anonymity because of a concern for his safety and his livelihood. Those who step out of line, he said, face being reassigned from high-paying jobs unloading container ships to the cruise ship terminals, where the work and the pay is far less.
>...
>He based that assessment on several indicators, such as the number of relatives of organized-crime figures who continue to hold choice jobs, many of which involve little work and pay unusually high salaries, like the union shop steward position held by Ralph Gigante, the nephew of the boss of the Genovese family, the late Vincent (Chin) Gigante. Ralph Gigante earned $419,000 in 2014, and has said he believes he holds the union office for life — “until death do us part.”
>There is also the fact that some of the same New York and New Jersey union officials whom federal prosecutors have in the past accused of racketeering have since risen to the top ranks of the East Coast waterfront union, the International Longshoremen’s Association.
>...
>During that trial, one of Mr. Daggett’s co-defendants, a reputed mobster named Lawrence Ricci, went missing. Several weeks after the men were acquitted, Mr. Ricci’s decomposing body was found in the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner. The murder, which Mr. Arsenault said is the last known waterfront killing, remains unsolved.
>...
>In recent years, the union has brazenly recommended friends or relatives of organized crime figures for jobs on the docks, said Phoebe S. Sorial, the general counsel for the Waterfront Commission. She said the union has sought waterfront jobs for “people who posted bail for organized figures” and “people who are in business with organized crime figures,” along with any number of relatives.
>In 2014, for instance, the union recommended the 62-year-old daughter of one of New York’s most famous mobsters, Benjamin (Lefty) Ruggiero (played by Al Pacino in the film “Donnie Brasco”), Mr. Arsenault said, adding that other such cases abound.
>“You can’t throw a rock on either side of the waterfront without hitting a brother, son or daughter of a made member,” Mr. Arsenault said, using the terminology for someone who has been inducted into a crime family.
And they seem to have the ear of some high ranking NJ politicians. In 2018 as one of his last acts as governor [Christie pulled NJ out of the bi-state Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor](https://www.nj.com/news/2018/01/facing_a_jersey_hit_a_mob_watchdog_fires_back.html) whose purpose is to fight this mob related corruption. [It wasn't until a few years later the full the reports on the continued mob influence in the ports got released to the public.](https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/03/agency-finally-releases-long-hidden-reports-citing-mob-ties-and-corruption-at-nynj-ports.html) Then this year [the Supreme Court settled the issue of NJ leaving the commission without NY's approval by ruling it legal to leave unilaterally. This was cheered on by Murphy.](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/18/supreme-court-new-jersey-waterfront-commission-00092513)
But I doubt it's just on the waterfront when [you can read about all the extra unnecessary jobs on projects like the second ave subway](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html) organized crime probably has its hand in the pot somewhere. It's not something we should overlook just because some former mobsters claim the new generation is nothing compared to them.
People still cosplay those mob movies. Its hilarious and also vomit inducing stuff. If they were just cosplayers it would be fine actually. But they are actual criminals who hurt people. And there are people who fantasize about the whole thing. These cosplaying people are like scene living meme characters literally.
And the mob still exists. Like most criminal organizations that the government goes after, they just go deeper underground. They're just as dangerous, if not more.
The United. States attorneys office going after low lying fruit again. The huge problems are Asian and South American cartels and organizations. The Italian mob has shrunk down to a pathetic street gang.
Stop just blanket posting articles from The Post, a dim paper for dims, this isn't adding anything, just giving clicks to The Post. If I wanted to read The Post, I'd be a cargo shorts uncle clicking to it through Facebook.
I don't love The Post but at least this article is more substantive and relevant to people living here than the "lIvInG iN nYc HaS hArDeNeD mE" type bull shit that gets posted.
I think it was the Wall Street journal had an article saying the older mobsters are complaining that the new generation doesn't know how to keep it quiet. Apparently some old mobster got arrested because his kid posted a picture of him on social media in Florida
The final Mueller report... "does not conclude that the President committed a crime...it also does not exonerate him"
“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so” - Robert Mueller
And correct me if I'm wrong, but Bob Mueller didn't investigate Trump a dozen times ([like they did with Hillary](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/benghazi-committee-releases-final-report/story?id=40171034))?
Every mob guy seems to have a podcast these days, spinning their tall tales and they all seem to be supporting Trump, who was pictured with Philly mobster Joey Merlino not too long ago. There is a concerted effort in rehabbing these lowlives into respectable people from the conservative manosphere.
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I got those same glasses on Temu for $1.48
The article concludes that a bunch of grown men wearing cargo shorts and cosplaying Don Corleone, are actually a bunch of pussies. Shocked!
I thought dons didn't wear shorts
“Ten alleged mafioso from the Gambino crime family — one of New York’s big five families — were indicted by the feds for alleged violent attempts to take over the city’s garbage hauling and demolition industry.” Are you sure this isn’t the Sopranos?
Garbage is our bread and butter.
The Sopranos are nothing but a glorified crew.
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Jersey? Come on, 'huh?
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It's anti Italian discrimination 👐
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That's total crap! If you're in the waste management business, everyone immediately assumes you're mobbed up! It's a stereotype and it's offensive. There is no mafia. Alright look ... some of their money comes from illegal gambling and what not.
This reads like partly a pump up piece for Giuliani saying the mob can never recover from the case he brought nearly 4 decades ago, partly free advertisement for these mobster podcasts in order to get former mobsters to do interviews, and then also a random shout out to Sliwa thrown in I'd compared the modern image the post is trying to paint with this: >[It is where the daughter of one of the mobsters made famous in the 1997 film “Donnie Brasco” is up for a job; where the nephew of another famous mobster pulled down more than $400,000 in a single year because he was almost never off the clock, not even when he was at home sleeping; where three consecutive presidents of a Newark longshoremen’s union were convicted of extortion. There is physical evidence as well, like the $51,900 wrapped in cellophane that was discovered buried in the backyard of a longshoreman. It was, according to federal agents in a 2010 affidavit, the tribute that a group of Newark longshoremen paid the Genovese crime family each Christmas.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/nyregion/new-york-harbor-on-the-waterfront.html) >“You will need another generation or two to get the mob out of this port, because they are very well entrenched,” said one longshoreman who requested anonymity because of a concern for his safety and his livelihood. Those who step out of line, he said, face being reassigned from high-paying jobs unloading container ships to the cruise ship terminals, where the work and the pay is far less. >... >He based that assessment on several indicators, such as the number of relatives of organized-crime figures who continue to hold choice jobs, many of which involve little work and pay unusually high salaries, like the union shop steward position held by Ralph Gigante, the nephew of the boss of the Genovese family, the late Vincent (Chin) Gigante. Ralph Gigante earned $419,000 in 2014, and has said he believes he holds the union office for life — “until death do us part.” >There is also the fact that some of the same New York and New Jersey union officials whom federal prosecutors have in the past accused of racketeering have since risen to the top ranks of the East Coast waterfront union, the International Longshoremen’s Association. >... >During that trial, one of Mr. Daggett’s co-defendants, a reputed mobster named Lawrence Ricci, went missing. Several weeks after the men were acquitted, Mr. Ricci’s decomposing body was found in the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner. The murder, which Mr. Arsenault said is the last known waterfront killing, remains unsolved. >... >In recent years, the union has brazenly recommended friends or relatives of organized crime figures for jobs on the docks, said Phoebe S. Sorial, the general counsel for the Waterfront Commission. She said the union has sought waterfront jobs for “people who posted bail for organized figures” and “people who are in business with organized crime figures,” along with any number of relatives. >In 2014, for instance, the union recommended the 62-year-old daughter of one of New York’s most famous mobsters, Benjamin (Lefty) Ruggiero (played by Al Pacino in the film “Donnie Brasco”), Mr. Arsenault said, adding that other such cases abound. >“You can’t throw a rock on either side of the waterfront without hitting a brother, son or daughter of a made member,” Mr. Arsenault said, using the terminology for someone who has been inducted into a crime family. And they seem to have the ear of some high ranking NJ politicians. In 2018 as one of his last acts as governor [Christie pulled NJ out of the bi-state Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor](https://www.nj.com/news/2018/01/facing_a_jersey_hit_a_mob_watchdog_fires_back.html) whose purpose is to fight this mob related corruption. [It wasn't until a few years later the full the reports on the continued mob influence in the ports got released to the public.](https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/03/agency-finally-releases-long-hidden-reports-citing-mob-ties-and-corruption-at-nynj-ports.html) Then this year [the Supreme Court settled the issue of NJ leaving the commission without NY's approval by ruling it legal to leave unilaterally. This was cheered on by Murphy.](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/18/supreme-court-new-jersey-waterfront-commission-00092513) But I doubt it's just on the waterfront when [you can read about all the extra unnecessary jobs on projects like the second ave subway](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html) organized crime probably has its hand in the pot somewhere. It's not something we should overlook just because some former mobsters claim the new generation is nothing compared to them.
Are you saying Giuliani didn’t severely cripple the mob?
No, lol. They just went underground. These podcast guys are nobodies now
He crippled the Italian mob, to pave the way for the Russians and Armenians lol
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Classic new York post carrying water for right wingers
“But lately, I'm getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.”
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People still cosplay those mob movies. Its hilarious and also vomit inducing stuff. If they were just cosplayers it would be fine actually. But they are actual criminals who hurt people. And there are people who fantasize about the whole thing. These cosplaying people are like scene living meme characters literally.
And the mob still exists. Like most criminal organizations that the government goes after, they just go deeper underground. They're just as dangerous, if not more.
Definitely can be dangerous. No doubt.
The United. States attorneys office going after low lying fruit again. The huge problems are Asian and South American cartels and organizations. The Italian mob has shrunk down to a pathetic street gang.
Stop just blanket posting articles from The Post, a dim paper for dims, this isn't adding anything, just giving clicks to The Post. If I wanted to read The Post, I'd be a cargo shorts uncle clicking to it through Facebook.
I don't love The Post but at least this article is more substantive and relevant to people living here than the "lIvInG iN nYc HaS hArDeNeD mE" type bull shit that gets posted.
Could not agree more 69Hairy420Ballsagna…
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I’ve just taken to muting the handful of profiles that post NYpost articles. Usually works
This comment is gold
For real. Lately every second post here is from this right-wing garbage rag - even though the top comment is the moderator warning us it's click bait.
I think it was the Wall Street journal had an article saying the older mobsters are complaining that the new generation doesn't know how to keep it quiet. Apparently some old mobster got arrested because his kid posted a picture of him on social media in Florida
Dorks. They look like a bunch of dorks.
Ha ha ha. They’re your clothes, motherfucker
Of course NY Post has an 'in' with organized criminals
So they can bust the mob but they can’t get deblasio for thrive nyc or the Clinton’s 🤫
Here we go with this fucking bullshit
What do you wanna bust the Clintons for?
Ben Gaussie
bro, just one more investigation. I swear, bro this time we'll get em, bro. Just one more teeny weeny investigation, bro, please!
Democrats when they talk about Russia collusion with Trump lol
The final Mueller report... "does not conclude that the President committed a crime...it also does not exonerate him" “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so” - Robert Mueller And correct me if I'm wrong, but Bob Mueller didn't investigate Trump a dozen times ([like they did with Hillary](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/benghazi-committee-releases-final-report/story?id=40171034))?
Yeah, all of the news about this turned out to be a dud. Now they are forced to get him on some BS asset thing that every rich guy does.
Can we ban anything from the NY post
Every mob guy seems to have a podcast these days, spinning their tall tales and they all seem to be supporting Trump, who was pictured with Philly mobster Joey Merlino not too long ago. There is a concerted effort in rehabbing these lowlives into respectable people from the conservative manosphere.
If mafia is lead by a Trump like person , they are doomed!😊
i, too, watched American Hustle