I have older family members that were very close to Pete DeFeo, and everything they say leads me to think he was a nice guy. I’d imagine if I was some poor business owner he was moving in on I wouldn’t necessarily love it. One story involved a relative of my family getting threats from some mob guys regarding a business they had on west side of manhattan. Pete was happy to help this guy out with the situation. But after that, he was expected to see Pete every now and then with an envelope.