Generoso Del Duca was an influential founding member of the Napolitano faction of the Genovese Crime Family. Generoso (Toddo Del) Del Duca - aka Salvatore Del Duca (TN) - was born in 1886 in Avellino, Italy in the Campania region. He operated and was active in the “Little Italy” section of Manhattan, South Brooklyn (Navy Yard and Downtown Brooklyn), and the Borough Hall area. He had a brother Pasquale and a nephew John who were both members. Generoso (Toddo Del) Del Duca He and Toddo Marino were said by law enforcement to be co-leaders of the Navy Yard area rackets utilizing Augie Laro and Frank Russo as strongmen. Del Duca was a very underrated and “shadowy” mafioso whose career and influence were never really exposed or understood by either law enforcement or the public. Toddo Del was a very influential founding member of the Family at large, and specifically, one of the top leaders of the Family's so-called “Napolitano faction” before the merging of ethnic factions in Cosa Nostra made it one organization. His close associates over the years (including from the Napolitano faction) included Salvatore (Lucky) Luciano, Vito (Don Vitone) Genovese, Michael Miranda, David (Little Davy) Betillo, Francesco (Frankie Yale) Uoele, Antonio (Tony the Sheik) Carillo, Gaetano (Toddo Marino) Maiorana, Anthony (Little Augie Pisano) Carfano, Salvatore (Little Sally) Celembrino, Frank (Funzuola) Tieri, Pete DeFeo, John (Sonny) Franzese, Lorenzo (Chappie) Brescio, and Francesco Celano. As a partner of Mike Miranda, Del Duca was vice president of Miranda Importing Co., of Broome Street in Little Italy. The storefront was bombed in 1933. Toddo Del oversaw many of the vast operations active in the Family in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. These included, of course, the policy, waterfront, shylock, narcotics, and extortion rackets. It was said that Del Duca was also very close to Profaci capodecina Harry Fontana and that he dominated the policy rackets in downtown Brooklyn in tandem with Fontana. They were said to “edge off” to one another’s “numbers banks” on heavily played numbers. Generoso (Toddo Del) Del Duca died unexpectedly in 1960 of a heart attack at age 74. Until next time..."The Other Guy"
