Genovese Soldier “Nicky Bulldog” was More Canary than Canine
Nicholas Martello, also known as "Nicky Bulldog," was a Genovese Family soldier who was suspected of being an informant and paid the price.
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Nicholas Martello, also known as "Nicky Bulldog," was a Genovese Family soldier who was suspected of being an informant and paid the price.
Tony Marchitto was a powerful and influential boss on the New Jersey waterfront who also served as a strong-arm and enforcer for the Genovese Family.
Vito Genovese was the boss of the Genovese Crime Family and was considered the boss of all bosses during his reign.
Frank Costello was one of the classiest, reserved, richest, and most influential, mafioso in history. He wasn't called "The Prime Minister" for nothing!
He started out as just another seemingly dime-a-dozen young Greenwich Village street thug, but The Chin was so much more than what he looked like.
Genovese Family Acting Boss Jerry Catena set the record for serving the most time in prison for contempt of court convictions.
One of the quietest, yet most capable and successful mafiosi to have operated in NYC back during the mob’s “golden era” was Funzi Tieri.
Philip (Cockeyed Phil) Lombardo was a deadly Genovese Family enforcer who eventually rose to the boss position - but nobody knew it!
Mike Miranda was a Genovese Family consigliere who law enforcement once described as "the most ruthless and feared mafioso in the United States."
Vincent Alo was an influential member of the Genovese Family who worked closely with Meyer Lansky in the casino business in Florida.
Ignazio (Joe Curly) Agone was a top labor extortionist for the Genovese Crime Family who reveled in his mobster status.
Philly Katz Albanese was an iconic Genovese Family soldier once described by authorities as being a waterfront "kingpin."
Charlie (Charlie Bullets) Albero was a dyed-in-the-wool hoodlum who started racking up arrests at the tender age of nine years old.
John (Buster) Ardito was a top hoodlum for many decades and one of the most active and respected mafiosi in the New York City area.
Vincenzo (Jimmy Alto) Altomari was a shadowy Genovese soldier known as The Old Man of Mulberry Street active in gambling and other rackets.
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