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Are Mafia movies getting whacked by Hollywood?
The limping genre’s best stars and directors are all in their eighties. Its New York stories, once bracing and violent, feel exhausted, like they’re contemplating a move to Boca Raton.
Bonnano soldier -- who put on 50 pounds in jail -- sentenced for forcing turncoat to strip to prove he wasn't wearing wire
John Ragano aka "The Maniac" was slapped with a three-year sentence in Brooklyn Federal Court on charges he threatened to "slap the s--t out" of mob informatnt Vincent Martino and...
The bizarre ways Robert De Niro tackled playing two mobsters in one movie
For the first time in his career, the 81-year-old Oscar winner plays two leading roles in the same film: mafiosos, friends and rivals Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in "The...
Thief involved in hiding stolen ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ has died before going to trial
Jerry Hal Saliterman died Sunday, federal prosecutor Matthew Greenley notified the court in a one-page motion Monday that did not give extra detail.
Long Island mob cop accused of 'selling his badge' to Bonanno crime family learns his fate
A verdict was reached in the case of accused mob cop Hector Rosario.
NY cop allegedly on mob payroll staged fake raid that didn't fool illicit gamblers
“These are not real police,” Mario the Landscaper told the other gamblers. “They don’t just come in breaking [things].”
Crooked ex-LI cop who moonlighted as a mob soldier helped fuel mini war with rival outfit: ‘Crime family over public’
A crooked Nassau County police detective moonlighting as a Bonanno soldier helped fuel a mini-mob war on Long Island — choosing “the crime family over the public he swore to...
Mafia dons secretly slam 'miserable' quality of new recruits — while wishing life was more like 'The Godfather'
"The caliber these days is low, a miserable level," accused Cosa Nostra don Giancarlo Romano was heard saying in a series of wiretaps.
LI cop on mob's payroll busted up rival family's backroom casino during fake raid: feds
His luck finally ran out. A Nassau County police detective allegedly moonlighting for the Bonanno crime family held "at least one" phony raid on rival gambling operations run by a...
Playwright shares her childhood story growing up the only Native American in an Italian Brooklyn nabe
Murielle Borst Tarrant used her experiences growing up in the only Native American family in her Brooklyn neighborhood in "Tipi Tales from the Stoop."
Italian nun among 25 arrested in raid against Mafia
A police press release said two local politicians were also arrested, and that $1.89 million had been seized in the operation.
Russian mob stole costumes from iconic ’90s kids' show in botched $100K ransom plot: star
Their offer just wasn't ap-peeling.
Dead horse, cows found on Italian business owner's property in apparent mob move
Butchered animals left on the property of a Sicilian businessman gave an intimidating message straight out of “The Godfather.”
How one Brooklyn neighborhood became instrumental in the rise of the New York Mafia: 'Everyone paid'
Red Hook is best known to today’s New Yorkers for the blue and yellow glow of its IKEA store, pulling in urban furniture shoppers from all five boroughs. But the...
How this former Marine lieutenant landed a role alongside Sylvester Stallone in 'Tulsa King'
Tatiana Zappardino plays a Mafia princess in "Tulsa King," but in real life, is a former Marine lieutenant.
Ex-Mafioso 'Sammy the Bull' hails Trump as 'gangster' who couldn't be bribed: 'He's a tough guy'
Notorious former mob hitman and turncoat Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano lauded former President Donald Trump as a "gangster" this week -- and claimed he repeatedly tried and failed to...
Staten Island mansion formerly owned by crime boss lists for $18M -- and stands to break a borough record by millions
The Staten Island mansion that "Big Paul" Castellano commissioned decades ago has returned for sale for a higher, but still record-breaking, price.
Bonanno wiseguy convicted of threatening turncoat, forcing him to strip naked over $150K debt
A Bonanno crime-family member who threatened to "slap the s--t out" of a turncoat and then forced him to strip butt naked to find a wire was found guilty of...
FBI wiretap caught Bonanno wiseguy threatening to 'slap the s---t' out of mob turncoat — if he ratted him out
Reputed wiseguy John "The Maniac" Ragano threatened to go after a mob turncoat if he informed on him to the feds, according to an FBI wiretap played in Brooklyn federal...
Bonanno wiseguy forced loan-shark victim to strip naked, feds say: 'Take off your f—king pants right now!'
A Bonanno crime-family soldier called “The Maniac” forced one of his loan-sharking victims to get naked to see if he was wearing a wire, barking, “Take off your f--king pants...