Jackie D'Amico

Regarding " Jackie Nose"
There is alot of misinformation on this guy. Where did he grow up and who was he under when he started?
Some say he grew up in jersey but thats not the case.

?were was he born?

OK What is the mis-information??? Please share.

Many assume he was from jersey, he wasnt. I would like to know where he grew up and who did he start out with?
Did he grow up in brooklyn, manhattan?

I thought he grew up in Queens.

Since release, he sounds like a solider. Part of this might be because the new guys don't want a gotti loyalist in the top part of the family.

According to D´Amico´s friend Irving Hershkowitz, they both attended New Utrecht High School. So I would guess that D´Amico grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He came up under Gambino captain Olympio "Lilo" Garofalo who held sway in that same neigborhood in the 1970s and 1980s.

He's from first generation parents

Yes- this makes perfect sense. I think he had his nose so far up Gotti's ass that it contributed to his nickname

What is the real truth about olympio?was paul's crew split up between him and gaggi,or did he became capo od d'aquila's crew in the mid 60s after cologero dicarlo? One source states the fist one another the second

I just read on fbi mafia charts 1930-1950 that somebody named edward was the brother of olympio..was edward garafala related to him or something?i only know of a guy that married sammy gravano's sister.

The truth is that Garofalo had his crew and it wasn´t split with Gaggi. I assumed his crew was when I made a post on Gaggi´s crew some years ago. But I was wrong. Garofalo´s and Gaggi´s crews were seperate ones.

Oh ok,i just send you a pm abou it.so he was a bensonhurst guy and had a large crew right?pauli zac,jackie mickey scars and cali wete in that crew?did he control some unions?

The only thing I've seen on him over the years was he was Gotti's top azz kisser !!!

whats the current status of this guy? anyone with any information?

The guy was broke all his life. But he made A LOT of dough in a relatively short amount of time. He's semi-retired and enjoying that money now. There's no reason for him to be in the street today.

gotti era?

lower nyc guy ,

He was a JG favorite. But he made his money post-Gotti. Jackie and John were good friends but "bad" for each other, if you know what I mean. They shared a bad gambling jones. And gamblers are drawn to each other just like dope addicts are. I don't mean that to be offensive, but it's true just the same. They lost millions gambling together.

His name is always thrown in with the "brokesters".. Which I don't think is fully true. To me there is 2 kinds of brokesters... The ones who just aren't capable of making any money, then there is the ones who can earn a shit ton but spend more than they make. He was for sure in the second category.. Ran a huge book but was a horrible gambler..he had hal irving..

jack was not a book maker..he gambled table games..never sports

@Bronx:

Jackie's a big craps guy. He used to go on casino junkets that Taylor ran up in Connecticut. A.C., Foxwoods, Vegas, they even took one to Paradise Island once. They hooked up through Braciole.

Talk about a lunatic gambler. If you believe the Feds (and ordinarily, I don't), Taylor gambled over 80 million one year. That's exaggerated, of course, but he was definitely one of the biggest gamblers in the United States. No doubt about that.

He died this past summer. He was only about sixty. And here's the preachy part: His daughter could barely pay for his funeral. The guy had a warped sense of humor. His obit, and the prayer cards at his memorial, both read: Bet with your head, not over it. True story .

So Jackie grew up in bensonhurst?? Interesting. I know later, he lived in north jersey but had a pad in manhattan. ( i think ).

Is he now retired then?

makes sense, thanks!

Hmmm..on target pizza

he did not know where bensonhurst was until 1990

no sucha ting

he had him around to dance, pick up broads, not to gamble.

Bronx
Jackie wasnt from bensonhurst?
Where did he grow up then?

Pretty sure he was a Queens guy.

lower nyc.born raised.moved to tappen near chin

queens , bklyn..he needed a map

staten island , he would pack a suitcase and lunch

no sucha ting

Now that was funny.

I thought he went to new utrecht hs?Lilo Garofola's crew was from the lower east side?

I do the best I can .

Just to make clear, him attending NU high school is according to D´Amico´s friend Irving Hershkowitz. I don´t know if he grew up in Bensonhurst but I would assume he did IF he went to that school.

Garofalo´s crew was active in Bensonhurst but also, it was active in Lower East Side, Manhattan. By "active" I mean where they hung out.

Ok HK,that's what i though too.About Jackie.where did they hung out on the LES?do you know that?I think lilo had a club on 86th street in bhurst.i think i read it somewhere.

jack never finished high school let alone in bklyn.. lilo hung out at derobertis,that crew was split ,it is the oldest ongoing crew in the country..

The Gambinos had a bigger presence downtown than they're given credit for on these boards. People forget that Piney and Old Man Stevie were fixtures down there. Not to mention the Giordanos and the guys who came up with them

Pizza, do you mean Grammauta when you say "old man stevie". Do you even know if he is still alive? Seems no one knows

Your right Pizza,everybody think Only BK.The Castellano family actually first landed on e105th street in harlem,later came to BK

That's because the power base ended up in Brooklyn. Were the Gambinos as big in Manhattan as the Genovese family? No, but they were still there.

And it's exactly the opposite with the Westside guys. Their power base was always in Manhattan, so everyone assumed they had no presence in Brooklyn. Well, that was bullshit, too.

Allie, Punchy, Albert, and all those guys were Brooklyn based. Were they as big in Brooklyn as the Gambinos? No, but they were still there.

You follow me?

Speaking of Gambino's in Manhattan, is Sal Franco still around?

Yes,yes i follow you all the way Pizza.although Mr neill was very big and had a big crew down there.But i get what you meen

over a hundred years

alive

The west side has a presence in every borough. They had a very active crew in williamsburg brooklyn. I also think Rosario Gangi was a brooklyn guy.

toto marino.skipper, funzuale was thought to be acting boss..many many westside guys..

tommy lombardi.

His name came up in the stue unger auto book. Jackie ran card games le.s gin rummy poker in 70 tys let's go buffalo

Of course. That was my entire point. Just because their presence wasn't as visible in Brooklyn as the Gambinos, that doesn't mean they weren't there. But the Genovese power base was always in Manhattan. Uptown to be more specific (and that crew eventually evolved into the current Bronx/Westchester faction, where the power base remains). Vince was the exception, but Benny loved him---and Benny was an uptown guy.

Can you ever make a post that doesn't involve football?

Yes, that's who I meant. And he's still alive.

He's a funny guy I'm surprised he knows how to operate a computer

Capeci had an article on Grammauta not too long back, said nobody has heard from him in like 10 years.

As far as I know he's still alive. I mean right up until this past year or so anyway.

PB did you get my PM last week?

I JUST pm'd you. That's weird!

I dint think D'Mico was raised in brooklyn. He was born and raised in manhatten.

What,like litte italy?

Funny you posted this a while ago. Scars says the same thing in a recent interview.

you come from 18th ,you know these little facts..jack could be found in every cafe or diner in that area..his aka in the nabe was chris columbus..nobody knew him ,then he was every place..

How did Jackie get with Lilo Garafolos crew?

jack was from that area, could have easily wound up with piney, gallo or dongarra crew also.

They closed back in December after 110 years. I heard they got close to 15 million for the building. Veniero's is still going strong, though. My uncle had a little room upstairs .

Veniero's has the best oreo cheesecake I've ever had... I mean, it was incredible. One of the best things I've ever tasted...

Liked it better than Derobertis, but can't complain about either

Eighteenth Avenue, specifically from 75th Street on down, though not exactly enemy territory, wasn't overly friendly either, as DiLeonardo related it. The area was rife with Sicilians, some of whom were made members of the Gambino family. An assortment of them, however, belonged to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, mainly the Inzerillo family who'd fled the murderous Toto Riina and his Corleonesi. Dual memberships were not allowed. Those seeking to be made in America needed to be "released" from their Sicilian crime family.

As DiLeonardo lived in Bensonhurst near 18th Avenue, he was the face of the Gotti administration. (Jackie Nose, mainly a Manhattan gangster, probably didn't know Bath Beach from Brighton Beach -- and wouldn't even be able to locate Brooklyn, meaning the entire borough, if given a map to consult, Mikie Scars said. "I used to call him Christopher Columbus," Mikie Scars said.)

"Jackie knows nothing about the men in my area and the goings on,” Scars said. "He thinks 18th Avenue is new-found territory." Still, DiLeonardo has some fond memories of his former partner. "Jackie was a very personable guy. He can talk to you for 12 hours over coffee."

He added: "I was very loyal to Jack, more than he knows. That’s a story for another day."

I wouldn't even know where to look for that, Cheech .

me either. a friend sent it to me

18th Ave is still full of zips, right? Gambino's, Maninno's, Inzerillo Spatola's, Zito's etc aren't they all blood related?

That came from an interview with Scars on Ed Scarpo's Cosa Nostra news.

"Full" of them? No. There's not an a neighborhood left in New York City that's "full" of Italian nationals (meaning born over there).

To clarify, I'm talking about Italian-born residents. The numbers aren't there. But there are obviously plenty of pockets of Italian-Americans in all of the outer boroughs, and predominant on Staten Island. Forget Manhattan. Just a few leftovers down Knickerbocker.

Pizzaboy (don't remember if I asked this before), among the American born people of Italian origins, do they still learn to speak Italian or Sicilian dialect etc for the most part or do they only learn English from their parents? You for example, do you speak Italian easily or with effort?

My grandparents were born in Italy, not my parents. But I grew up in Belmont, with my grandparents in the same building for some years, so I learned to speak their dialect as a kid. And I spent eighteen months in Lauropoli, Cosenza, Calabria as an adult, so I'm a little different. Most second generation people born here can't speak a sentence.

Italians took great pride in learning the American language years ago. All four of my grandparents arrived here as ADULTS, and they all spoke passable English by the time they all passed away. Nothing like the "new" immigrants, who refuse to adapt. Yet the fucking Liberals bow down to their demands, even the ones who hate us. You know, like some Middle Easterners. I said it. It's the fucking truth.

I meant the 18th ave crew PB

Oh, then yes. The power base is still located there. For now.

correct Pizza

veniero's was around lilo g

yes it is still gambino sicilian avenue,,but the cafe's restaurants ,clubs are..viilabate became alba combine..not enough to italians to support the area.

Pizza did you know lilo g.. the old man

That was my point. It's still the Gambino power base out there. But as far as other Italian-born residents, forget it. The Italian-Americans are running away to the suburbs. Italians aren't immigrating nearly as much. Chinamen and Pakistanis. Ten years. Tops.

Check your pm, Bronx.

Hey PB,

Hope all is well.

I think with the middle easterners that move here, and this is from my experience working with them, is that they love the US and the country and what it stands for, they just do not like the American governments foreign policy. I think that's a key difference.

Anyway, I'd appreciate a PM from you. I had a question I wanted to run by you.

Then they should stay in Sand Land. Too fucking bad. You want to live here? You fucking assimilate. But you and I are night and day on this shit. You're a stone liberal from the suburbs and I'm a Centrist from the city. But I'll be happy to pm you.

How about the Italians that came here then went to war against there own in WW2? Think they liked the policy?
Tell those dirty fucks to stay where they were born then. I don't trust none of them.

And I'm a liberal who is now 35 and sees things differently. Any one who votes one sided or better yet argues one sided on every topic cause of a party is a fool.

Sorry for derailing the thread.

I'm 56 next month. I'm a Centrist. I was a registered Democrat for thirty years. But even then, I never voted for the party, it was for the individual. And today? Fuck them all.

Hey now, was not trying to start a fight.

I agree, if you don't like America, then fuck off.

I just think you can love the country and what it stands for and not love everything it does. And it's not just about immigrants.

And trust me, when you say "Fuck them all," I COULND'T AGREE MORE. Fuck them, fuck them all. Fuck Washington, fuck Obama, fuck Congress, fuck the lobbyists, the bankers, and the rest of the people sucking ordinary people dry.

My bad for derailing the thread, though, I hate political arguments here but I can't help it sometimes. I'm a hypocrite when it comes to that, I can't lie.

Preach, cheech. Agree 100%.

Complimentary point, Islam is a set of idea's and we must be able to criticize idea's. Fucking skieves me when criticism of idea's is insanely labeled racism.



Each idea should be judged on its own merits. Towing the party line is akin to following certain (see above) cults in principle.

Now THATS derailing a thread cheech

Edit: GO JAYS!

The two party system sucks.

Maybe bronx or PB will be able to answer this but did any of John or joe gambino's kids get made? Is it Sal's kid Tommasso who got made out in LA?

Just read the Scars interview from a few days ago with Ed Scarpo, says when he got 18th ave after john Gambino went away he schooled 'Heavy Tommy'

This is from the interview below.

Mikie Scars and Jackie Nose taking control certainly improved the family's finances, but there were other factors. The section was far from being a smoothly purring machine. "The kids ran wild after their fathers went away." Because of this, DiLeonardo and D'Amico took some of them under their wing, Cali among them.

Cali initially got closer to D'Amico, eventually driving for the mobster. DiLeonardo found himself practically raising one of the many Gambino offspring -- several of whom were named Thomas.

Scars's Tommy was nicknamed "Heavy Tommy" because he was overweight. "He became my 'project,'" DiLeonardo said. (There also was a "Curly Tommy," a "Tommy from LA" etc.)

"We grew these kids into the life," DiLeonardo said.

Scars seems like one of the more intelligent guys. Just tough to know what's bullshit and what's not with these rats.

From everything I've heard from Scars, he sounds truthful, I could be wrong

Right, but the family across the street ended up there. Today the place is owned by the Veneiros outright.


Oh, I remember seeing him down there all the time. He lived a long life. I think he died a little after Big Paul got popped, right?

So I was already in my late 20's. And that's when I was at my worst with this shit .

Hello Tommy, Tommy l.a. and his brother Tony ,Rosario's sons are the only kids made.

Thanks bronx, is Tony in New York? 18th ave?

yes he pasted in early 86 if i remember..you are correct

in sicily and the states, the father can not come back here

Whats the story with Tommy LA, why wasnt he made in NY

good question Thomas..his father was in terminal island, got friendly with pete milano, asked pete to make his son in that family..a master sicilian plan to eventually take over that family. for what ever that family is worth in strength..a family none the less

So Tommy is running whats left of La family? i could be wrong but I think someone on here said Tommy had to leave Ny because of a beef

did not hear that, but anything is possible.. there is a good guy louie caruso , may have a role with tommy.

The D'Amico mystery comtinues. He was never a brooklyn guy, he grew up somewhere else. He may have ended up in brooklyn but Scars says he disnt know 18th ave from a hole in the ground.
Where did he grow up and who was he under?

What mystery? He was a Lower East Side kid.

lower nyc, lil garafalo

Tommy was reported to be underboss by the government but there's really nothing to run at this point.

just about Ivy

How old is Jackie. I no this been told before he ran a card game stey ungo or something played l.e.s. in the 70tys. Guy always has a smile so atleast he wasn't a grouch. Poster said a while back he seen him and guy look good in bk. I know there's no press shit but i m thinking there's got to be a new consig or acting maybe him. Hope the Brady decision comes today. Did judge Berman look over any recent Rico trials.

Jack's in his late 70's.

Hope Brady gets banned for life.

Haters gonna hate. I can't think who the jets back up is after gino got his mouth shut. They better grab rg3 when he's cut or trade for. Jets fan life must suck.