Upstate

Stephen Coppola was a soldier in the Magaddino Crime Family of Buffalo, New York. This racketeer snapshot takes a brief...

Sharkey Ehrenreich was a colorful, old-school bookie affiliated with the Magaddino Family of Buffalo, New York.

The City of Rochester in Western New York State has always been a large and vibrant community. Its early history...

Antonio (Tony Romeo) became widely known to law enforcement and the media as Binghamton’s “gambling czar,” but he was much...

Russ Mancuso was a known enforcer and key member of the Magaddino Crime Family. And aside from the notorious Falcone...

A World War II veteran and well-liked member of his Endicott, NY neighborhood, Salvatore (Blackie) Aleccia also led a darker...

Although largely unknown outside his bailiwick, one of the most iconic gambling kingpins to operate in Upstate New York was...

Active since before the formation of Cosa Nostra itself, John Melito became one of the most important mafioso to ever...

Anthony Damiano was, and to this very day, somewhat remains, a shadowy mafioso who operated successfully and with near-total impunity...

Joseph Barbara Sr., the host of the infamous 1957 Apalachin Mafia Meeting, was the undisputed capo over a small regime...

The Bufalino Family of LCN, based in Northeastern Pennsylvania, was for many years, a little known but influential entity of...

Sam Grio was a highly respected "key" soldier in the Falcone regime of the Magaddino Family. He was paramount among...

Anthony Falange was another decades-long top player in the Falcone regime of Utica, NY under the flag of the Magaddino...

From an early age, Angelo Thomas was always considered one of the top figures in illegal gambling for the Utica mob.

The Battaglia brothers were integral parts of the Utica mob who used their business and political connections to benefit the...