Allegedly a NYPD detective on the scene flat out said he was genuinely happy that Meldish scumbag got whacked. There are tons of horror stories floating around about the Meldish brothers. They were known to be sadistic bullies and were looked at as downright boogeymen. Michael Meldish' brother Joe was known for harassing high school kids who were dealing nickel bags of weed; plenty of tales around where he just got out of his car, stuck a gun in some kid's mouth and just took everything the kid earned that day. It's almost a miracle one of them lived to see the age of 62 and the other (arguable even worse) one is still alive and kicking.