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Longtime Colombo figure John ‘Sonny’ Franzese dies at 103

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Longtime Colombo figure John ‘Sonny’ Franzese dies at 103

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

The violent, sociopathic and amazingly long life of John “Sonny” Franzese, a former Colombo crime family underboss who once ran…


Mob TV shows, movies put New York on center stage

Posted on September 27, 2019October 1, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

When it comes to Mob movies and television shows, New York is in the spotlight again. Two television series focused…


Murder of Gambino boss triggered flawed theories

Posted on September 18, 2019February 28, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

The evening of March 13, 2019, the relative calm of a residential neighborhood on Staten Island in New York City…


‘The Cigar’ burns out in Brooklyn

Posted on July 12, 2019October 11, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

When Bonanno crime family don Carmine “The Cigar” Galante declared himself the so-called “capo di tutti i capis,” or “boss…


Ninety years later, Arnold Rothstein murder still a mystery

Posted on November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

Ninety years ago this week, with the dying breath of New York’s most provocative Mob entrepreneur, one of America’s great…


When the Mafia ruled Times Square

Posted on September 26, 2018October 1, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

The latest television series featuring Mob figures continues this fall with the second season of HBO’s The Deuce, focusing on…


Joe Gallo’s ‘Crazy’ celebrity status

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

Though Joseph Gallo was only in his early 40s when he was gunned down, his status in American popular culture…


Excerpts from “The Chronicles of The Last Jewish Gangster” by Myron Sugerman

Posted on November 3, 2017November 7, 2017 by Brenda Hengel

The history of the Mob and the history of Jews in America are intertwined, and it’s a history that Myron…


“American Gangster,” biopic of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, celebrates 10-year anniversary

Posted on November 1, 2017November 2, 2020 by Brenda Hengel

On this day 10 years ago, the film American Gangster debuted with A-list stars portraying the true story of a…


Seventy years ago today, Bugsy Siegel’s storied Mob life came to an abrupt end

Posted on June 20, 2017December 15, 2017 by Brenda Hengel

It is important to our Museum and to me as the resident historian that criminals and their criminal acts are…


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