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2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say 2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Goodfellas' Actor With Deep NJ Roots, Ray Liotta, 67, Dies Suddenly: TMZ 'Goodfellas' Actor With Deep NJ Roots, Ray Liotta, 67, Dies Suddenly: TMZ
'Goodfellas' Actor With Deep NJ Roots, Ray Liotta, 67, Dies Suddenly: TMZ Star of television and film Ray Liotta died at the age of 67, according to multiple media outlets.  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Ray Liotta Has Died. He Was 67. R.I.P. https://t.co/WsskKD7qUE — TMZ (@TMZ) May 26, 2022 Liotta's New Jersey roots run deep. He was born in St. Michael's Hospital in Newark in 1954 and spent his first six months at an orphanage there before he was adopted by a couple from Union Township. His father owned an auto parts store and his mom was a municipal clerk. Liotta got his BFA from Miami University before moving to New York City, where he took work as a bartender befo…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Jillian Pikora
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Curtis Sliwa Hit By Yellow Cab In NYC, Mayoral Campaign Team Reports Curtis Sliwa Hit By Yellow Cab In NYC, Mayoral Campaign Team Reports
Curtis Sliwa Hit By Yellow Cab In NYC, Mayoral Campaign Team Reports There's something about Curtis Sliwa and yellow cabs. The Republican New York City mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder was reportedly struck by a yellow cab in midtown Manhattan on Friday, but it didn't slow down his campaign. "Don't worry, everyone," he jokingly tweeted late Friday afternoon. "The taxi is OK." Sliwa had just wrapped up a news conference on city gun violence when he got out of a campaign van and got clipped near the corner of 50th Street and Sixth Avenue on the way to a radio interview, according to his campaign team. Sliwa did the interview, anyway, before che…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home
Reports: Reputed Mob Boss 'Franky Boy' Cali Gunned Down, Run Over Outside Staten Island Home One of the last of the reputed old-school mob bosses, Gambino crime family chief Francesco Cali, was gunned down and run over in front of his Staten Island home Wednesday night, city authorities confirmed. “Franky Boy” Cali, 53, was shot several times and run over by a blue pickup truck in the island’s Todt Hill section around 9:15 p.m., according to multiple reports. Witnesses reported hearing at least a half-dozen shots, police said. The reputed mob boss was pronounced dead at Staten Island University Hospital North, they said. Cali, whose low-key style was a throwback contrast to flamb…

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by Jerry DeMarco