The League’s power soon was such that the federal government agreed to drop its use of the term Mafia, Cosa Nostra, and other terminology that insulted the Italian people, instead just referring to organized crime, as well, “organized crime”, never naming the Sicilian brotherhood as such.

Joseph (Joey) Colombo, Sr. – aka “Joseph LaPore” – was born in 1923. He was raised, reared, and resided in Brooklyn his entire life. After getting married and starting a family, he bought a home at 1455 86th Street in the Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights section, where he and his wife, Lucille, would raise their five children.