Little Nicky's Youth, any details of upbringing?

I have only scan speculate on few details about Little Nicky's youth.
Leonetti's book shows Uncle Nick basically being his big brother/father for him when he was in his 20's. I read Leonetti's book 4-5 years ago and know that Leonetti's dad was never around BUT, I don't know where Little Nicky's dad was?
I know that his Uncle's were involved early. The Piccolo's...I also think that those were Little Nicky's mother's brothers? Yes?


Was Nicky's dad ever a mob member?
What did he do?
When did he die?

Reason I even wonder about this is, I have a deep desire to understand so many people's actions in life BUT, I also believe that no one should ever form an opinion on anyone else unless they have walked a mile in their shoes.....Being that I was a drug addict, I could not understand why some people just don't make it out but, once I started to hear their beginnings, I was able to get a better understanding......I recognized that I was blessed to grow up in a perfect home(from my perspective) 1 Mom, 1 Dad, loving environment. I had no excuses. A lot of others do have valid reasons for harboring hate.

The reality is, not everyone is dealt 2 aces in the first hand of a Texas Hold Em tournament, some are dealt 2 & 7 or 2 & 8.... Now I know for a fact that just because you were dealt a bad hand from the start, does not mean that you cannot rise to the top and still win it all.

About Nicky.....Did he win it all? NO!... he spent the last 27-28 years in a cell.
I know his mother tried to get him out of the life but he held on to a bad hand he was dealt early and just NEVER let go of it.

Any info is appreciated.

http://mafiamembershipcharts.blogspot.com/2016/01/genovese-family-bios-of-early-members.html

You'll have to scroll down to find Scarfo's bio.

This source mention his father Phil Scarfo was a soldier in the Luciano Family who lived in Brooklyn before moving to Jersey in the 1930's as well as a few other notes.

It also acknowledges that in Phil Leonetti's book Phil claims Nick's father Phil was never involved in cosa nostra.

In Phil's book I think I remember him saying Nick's father wasn't in the life and that Nick kinda looked down on him because of it.

He started his days in NY as everyone knows his fathers side was connected and most likely Nicky seen his family members in the life and for who knows what reason his father stayed away only to marry into the Philly family so Nick was exposed to the life very young and often .

Back on Georgia ave they would have many relatives down most of summer and it was many on both sides " enough that I was not able to to keep tract and put together who was with who .

They always had room in the apartment building it seemed and once Nick moved up it got much busier then before and of course they became more secretive and protected of the interactions with others not from the street.

I don't think Chrissy is going to be telling the story anytime soon so .....

Do you think Serp, that there is a chance Nicky jr. might cooperate now that his father is dead??

Totally a "guess" that he will go down in history with his fathers life story and his in tact the way it is .

Scarfo’s days in brooklyn were few when he was very very young. Most of his childhood and formative years were spent in philly. He is a philly guy.

A Genovese member/associate and there were some relatives named Scarfò in NY who were allegedly part of the Siderno Group.

Where from in Brooklyn were the Scarfo's from?

And from what I hear up till sr. death they were in contact with Jr. and Chrissy .

The whole thing with a very private service for his father was to do with blood family input.

Did jr scarfo appeals get affirmed. Then its a wrap for the guy.

Nope Nicky's dad was a legit guy. Phil mentions that his uncle looked down on his father but he never outright disrespected him

Like others have stated, Scarfo's dad was apparently a legit guy according to Phil. But others have claimed he was possibly a member of the Genovese family. I know the Scarfo and Piccolo families were living in NYC around the late 1920s, early 1930s so there's a chance Scarfo's dad was an associate during that period. This would have been years before Phil was born so it's possible if he had any involvement it was over by the 1950s.

I believe, although I'm not positive, that Anthony Piccolo mentioned his father was an associate in NYC around that time. Maybe the Piccolos got their start in NYC before coming to Philly?


Last I saw, George Anastasia was writing about appeals starting but then he didn't follow up with any new info afterwards. I'd be curious to know what the outcome was too.