Seems like DeStefano's arrival as a capo rank in Syracuse was because of avoid left in the gambling in Syracuse by the early 1960s as part of the fallout in Utica/Rome/Syracuse because of Appalachia..Maggadino must have seen it as an opportunity to move DeStefano into the area from Fulton after the government had cracked down on the biggest gambling operations in Syracuse were shut down and as some of them had died off.

Maybe DeStefano came with a few of his own crew in Fulton and inherited what maybe the government left in shambles of the early operators of gambling,as well as inheriting younger guys just coming up at that time.Eventually recruiting other bookmakers one by one to join in in some capacity or the other

Havana, after thinking about what you just mentioned, "De Stefano's arrival as a capo rank in Syracuse was because of a void left in the gambling in Syracuse by the early 1960s, as part of the fallout of Appalachin," - that makes sense to me. I think you may be right. His ascension dovetails with those events. De Stefano filled that void.

Good assessment!

Great article as always and thanks.

As capo or territorial boss for one large area, did DeStefano had any made members or member/lieutenant under his rule who acted as crew boss or crew bosses for other made guys and associates from that same group?

He probably had a few made guys ,i.e, Soldiers with him,maybe others proposed,and still others nobody knew about. Finally or his other made guys and associates, might well have had connections with other Syracusans who might have associated with the larger DeStefano group but whose own family might have been they were made or associates in other cities,whether it was NYC families or elsewhere. Or some who could also have old memberships in the Sicilian mafia,the Camorra,or the Calabrian groups.

Do I know any of this to be true? Not one word.But its possible and one could make it make sense

To this day most people in the area around Syracuse and beyond,will likely believe none of this LOL

Havana, I see that you're interested in Syracuse, so go onto our website, www.thenewyorkmafia.com and click the link for "Charts." Then scroll down until you see "The Anthony DeStefano Regime of Syracuse." You'll really enjoy it. I list hundreds of the city's hoodlums who were affiliated with De Stefano, and by extension, Buffalo's Magaddino Family, but I also list many of his top men and closest aides (some of whom were indeed "goodfellas" themselves.) The "made" men are marked as such by a special hieroglyphic I inserted next to their names.


I lived just outside for a period of time. I'll check it out. I once read a free article a couple years ago about Upstate and I have to say that it was amazing the things you uncovered.Not only Upstate but everywhere.Not the usual names.But guys everybody knew. You seemed to have a lot of knowledge of all the places. Where do you find such detail for so many places everywhere in the country

And, I believe, as you and I have discussed previously, Syracuse (in particular) had a huge contingent of Calabrian racketeers, "uomini di rispetto" or "men of honor," who controlled their own autonomous rackets and network for upwards of a century. I view it as a very unique city in that regard.

Yes but where do you find this information.What kind of sources do you use?

He probably had a few made guys ,i.e, Soldiers with him,maybe others proposed,and still others nobody knew about. Finally or his other made guys and associates, might well have had connections with other Syracusans who might have associated with the larger DeStefano group but whose own family might have been they were made or associates in other cities,whether it was NYC families or elsewhere. Or some who could also have old memberships in the Sicilian mafia,the Camorra,or the Calabrian groups.

Do I know any of this to be true? Not one word.But its possible and one could make it make sense

To this day most people in the area around Syracuse and beyond,will likely believe none of this LOL

Thanks for your answer.

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LOL. Yes Havana, thank you for that nice compliment. I believe you're referring to the expose' I wrote, titled, "The Underworld Landscape of Upstate New York." I spent many months researching, vetting, and then composing that piece.

I chose that particular area for further research because I was absolutely amazed at the tremendous amount of underworld and racket activity there. Yet, nobody but nobody, had ever delved into the subject matter. The best you ever heard about, was the 1957 "Apalachin Meeting" or the Buffalo Family under Magaddino. But the entire Upstate New York area was an untapped, treasure trove of mob doings and history....So I just felt that I had to tackle that project..."It was calling out my name." Lol

Can you please answer these 3 questions?

Do you think that some Syracusans or Uticans or other Upstate guys, possibly known as Associates of either Maggadino,Falcone or DeStefano could have been active or one time active guys from other Families in NYC or elsewhere?
Or could guys known as Associates of DeStefano,etc still be members of the Calabrian or Camorra Familes?
Finally, Do you think the Luciano/Grenovese or Anastasia Families ever had guys in Syracuse,Utica.and Upstate?

Did Joe DiCarlo have any made men in his Youngstown crew?

On Rome NY. There was bootlegging done by the Sonsini brothers and Jack Di Bella. Jack Di Bella was big in upstate New York, his operations were in Rome, Utica, Amsterdam, Albany, Troy and Schenectady areas. Answered to NYC, suspected to have been killed by NYC after a still exploded in the Schenectady area, and a failure of shipment from Troy to NYC, since there is no trace of him after the explosion and hospital visit. The Sonsini brother went legit after the end of prohibition. Gambling, bookmaking were big along with unions. Rocco Gualtieri gets brought up, but he was only an associate on record so no one would mess with him, it was for his protection as many mafiosi were grateful for all he had done for the community and helping it grow. Gualtieri was not involved in crime. Members of importance were Paul Raulli who ran Rome, Vincenzio Pinti, Luigi DeLutis, Frank Russo Sr, and Frank Russo Jr. Rome answered to Utica. Rosario Mancuso visited Rome once a year to do a score, but messed up by robbing a good friend of Paul Raulli which caused a major sitdown, and thus Mancuso stopped doing jobs and became a fence. From mid 1950s till the 1980s, the Russos ran Rome. When Joe Todaro Sr, became boss, Jr cut ties, Sr already had cut ties when the Cat came to Utica and was changing things up which Frank did not like. By mid 1970s Rome lost much influence in the unions, when Joe Todaro Sr became boss, they lost almost all of it.

Cosimo Ianniceeli from Cosenza operated from late 1960s till the first Nhdrangheta war in the mid 1970s in Syracuse. Involved in Narcotics mainly, but some gambling which he kicked up to Anthony Destefano and Salvatore Falcone, sending the rest back to Cosenza which was drug profits. He answered to both Cosenza and Salvatore Falcone, which leads me to believe that the Falcones had a lot more say in Syracuse also a few other major things, such as unions, and transferring of associates.

Auburn was part of the Bufalino family, yes people say that Buffalo controlled Auburn, but evidence says differently. For the most part Bufalino and Falcones got along great till the 1970s, when Pittston was trying to move into areas with gambling, and drugs. Then there was the big union fiasco, when both Bufalino and the Falcones were trying to push their guys into key positions, neither side budging, which was good for them cause they couldn't put people in key places and the auditors did not find any major corruption, just low level employees stealing, property damage and running a crap game in one of the bathrooms which I laugh at, but overall the auditors cleared the four unions which upset the feds. During that time there were a few beat downs, but no killings when Pittston and Falcones were in disagreements. The top guys in Auburn were the Monachino brothers, Pat Sciortino, Salvatore Trivalino, and Agostino Santini who was mad in the Lucchese family. The two guys that ran gambling, bookmaking, drugs, and unions were Sciortino, and Trivalino up till the 1980s.

The Top guys in Rochester before Valentis took over were Patsy Amico, Vito Piccaretto, Al Boscarino, Jake Russo, Erasmo Mutolo also known as Doc Romano, the Ida brothers, Vincenzo Colletti before he moved to Colorado eventually becoming boss of that family, and Salvatore Pietropaolo.


BerrettM, only his brother. One associate would return to Buffalo and be made into the NF crew.

BarrettM, here's what I've been able to dig up, so far, regarding Di Carlo's crew members and subordinates while he ruled the Youngstown area.

Each of the following hoodlums was said to be directly part of Di Carlo's Youngstown crew (with many more unknowns in the lurch); Jasper (Fats) Aiello was said to have been DiCarlo's top ally and closest aide and number two man.

But here are some others we know who were "with" Di Carlo's Gang;
Joseph Augello
Joseph (Shorty) Bardinello
Nicholas Barone
Nicholas Constantino
Samuel (Toto) Di Carlo
Raymond (Ray) Lanese
Vincenzo (Jimmy) Lupo
Joseph Pieri
Joseph Romano

Note: Its also believed that several Buffalo-based soldiers like Salvatore (Sam) Brocato relocated for a time down to Youngstown to assist Di Carlo in his efforts to dominate the city, with Brocato and the others relocating back to Buffalo after Di Carlo left his position and headed to Miami, Florida. Additionally, while Di Carlo was in power he encouraged other mafiosi and racketeers from other various parts of the country to join up with him in his "takeover" of Youngstown's rackets.

This is why the exact answer of who controlled Youngstown, and who was "with" DiCarlo is a bit murky. Because over the years many varied guys and Mafia factions participated in the takeover and later grabbed pieces of the city for their own.

I'll dig up a few more for you also, ok? I hope this partially answers your question.

Have you heard of the name Domenico in Rome around the time of start of Prohibition? Produce guys.