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September 19, 2018
On the heels of the publication of Top Hoodlum, I am hard at work on my next book which deals with the earlier year of the Gambino crime family under John Gotti. The book is scheduled to be released in June of 2019.
July 31, 2018
Since "Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello Prime Minister of The Mafia" was published in June 2018, I have been active with a whirlwind of events. The book had a kickoff with my appearance at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. An avid crowd bought the first copies of "Top Hoodlum."...
May 31, 2017
"The Big Heist," the latest and last word on the fabled Lufthansa Heist of 1978, will be officially released on June 27. It picks up where the film "Goodfellas" left off and takes the story of the great JFK robbery through late 2015. It was then that Vincent Asaro, t...
October 20, 2015
The long awaited trial of reputed Bonanno crime family member Vincent Asaro got underway in Brooklyn federal court today. This is the one case in which someone may be held responsible for the 1978 heist at JFK Airport in which $ 6 million in cash and jewels were take...
September 2, 2015
Two months have passed swiftly since the publication of my new book "Gangland New York." It has resulted in a whirlwind of publicity, including a segment on WPIX-TV, NY1, WVOX radio and a mention in The New York Times as part of their "New York Bookshelf" fea...
June 9, 2015
It can now be revealed. Advance copies of my new book, Gangland News The Places and Faces of Mob History, finally arrived and I am happy say it looks good. It is packed with maps, old photos, new photos and archival prints related to over 200 years of history r...
February 13, 2015
Spent a February morning and early afternoon with German television. Brrrrrrrr! The crew interviewed me for a documentary about mob burial grounds, specifically off of my book "The Last Godfather" which dealt with the murder and burials of the three Bonanno crime famil...
October 26, 2014
My new book "Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History," is scheduled to be released on June 1, 2015. The book is a look at the history of organized crime in New York City from the mid-19th Century until today. It took a great deal of work and sorting t...
July 14, 2014
Dominick Cicale, the former captain in the Bonanno crime family who was a government witness against Vincent Basciano Sr., wrote a letter to Manhattan federal judge Richard J. Sullivan dated July 3 in which he beseeched the jurist to not send Basciano's son Joseph to...
May 28, 2014
It was a pleasant surprise to see a recent mention on the web site Cosa Nostra News which heaped some nice remarks about my work. The author Ed Scarpo complimented my latest book “Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise And Fall of A New York Mobster”,” made reference to my work...
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