Casella was close to members of the Genovese, Lucchese, and Bonanno crime families of the New Jersey factions. It was also Gerardo Catena who saved Casella from being hit and allowed him to retire down in Florida.

"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green