I suggest you guys watch ‘American Rackets’ free on YouTube great documentary.

Was his son Rocco inducted into the Genovese family and when?

I just found out earlier he passed away in August 2024. What was the status of his other son who released a book, My Father, My Don. I remember back in the day I thought he was a fraud.

I believe Pasquale "Paddy Mack" Macchiarole was a soldier in his crew before taking over as a capo when Jimmy Nap died.

Thats incorrect, Malavita.

Paddy Mack had been a member, and later became a capo, many years before Jimmy Nap even got straightened out. Furthermore, Macchiarole got "whacked out" not long after Napoli was inducted in the mid-1970s, and obviously, before Napoli was later elevated to a capo post.

Here is a true, accurate biography that I wrote profiling Napoli's life and career.

Genovese Capo: Vincent (Jimmy Nap) Napoli Sr.
https://thenewyorkmafia.com/vincenzo-jimmy-nap-napoli-genovese-family/

I also researched and wrote an entire series about Macchiarole and the crew he led. I titled it the "Paddy Mack Gets Whacked" series.

If he was made in the 70s he couldn’t have been capo for very long, what 10-15 years? I was always under the impression he was at least eligible becoming a capo due to his efficiency in the gambling side of the family.

And what about Rocco? I seen an instagram page calling him a ‘soldier, under his father capo Jimmy Nap’ any truth to this?

Jimmy was always a very well respected guy. And, quite frankly, he really didn't want to be inducted. That is a fact. All through the 1950s, 1960s and into the 1970s, he operated at as high a level, and often, at a higher level, than many made guys, even some captains.

Jimmy was already well into his mid-60s by the time he accepted the 'honor' of induction. And, arguably, it was the worst move he ever made! He only accepted it because Chin pushed it on him.

And no, Rocco was never brought in. For that matter, his two other sons, Tony and Jimmy Jr., whom everybody called Lefty, were never brought in either. Because even though each was a hoodlum in his own way, Jimmy did not want that for his boys.

I think the ‘Napoli crew’ are gone, at best nearly gone.

Jimmy Napoli Jr. - 1934 - June 2022

Anthony Napoli - 1935 - May 2019

Rocco Napoli - 1946 - August 2024

My bad then.

The reason i made that assumption is that Paddy Mack had a beef with the Colombo family and the matter was then handle at a higher level between Colombo bosses and Jimmy Nap, on behalf of the Genovese family. So I assumed Paddy Mack was under Jimmy Nap.

It's all good, MV.

After all, each of us comes on here to expand our knowledge, banter between us, and share with one another, right?

In the documentary Rocco says his dad left him with the business after he was imprisoned. The reasoning for this Jimmy Nap allegedly said to him ‘you took over the union without me knowing, you went out and made something successful from scratch. Why would I give the business to your brothers’.

NYM do you know anyone alive from the Jimmy Nap crew? I know Rocco had kids and probably grandkids but none of them are involved in OC.

Captbony, there are still a few guys left in the neighborhood who grew up with Jimmy, who are still alive. But they're old men, and certainly haven't been "involved" for many decades already.

Also, you gotta remember that although Jimmy was a bookmaker, shylock, ran dice games, and engaged in other things, essentially, his base strength was always the policy-numbers racket. He ran one of the largest policy businesses in the entire country. Once NYS legalized that business, the 'magic' was gone. And right along with it, the awesome financial 'strength' that handling that kind of cash (which LE estimated was anywhere from $50-$150 million dollars gross each year) afforded Napoli.

....Like everything else in life, things changed for him.

NYM - do you know when and how long for did he continue the status of Capo, and also both who took control of his crew and also his gambling empire?

As discussed, Jimmy acquire his "button" very late in life. But once he got there he was almost immediately bumped up to a capos post and remained at that level for the better part of the remainder of his life.

And as I wrote, by the time his day in the sun was over, there was basically no gambling "empire" left of his to take over. NYS had long ago legalized "off-track" horse betting, his numbers biz went out the window with the advent of LOTTO a few years later, and by the late 1970s, legalized gambling had come to Atlantic City, and later, Connecticut.

Thanks NYM - he reportedly had 4 sons, 3 of them to my knowledge are dead, who is the last son?

It is a shame the gambling empire never passed onto another Capo. I imagine now the Jimmy Nap territory was divided among the Capos.

Rocco was reportedly close to Bobby Manna allegedly over 15 years.

You're very welcome, Captbony1999.

I am aware that Jimmy had three sons. But the forth I'm not familiar with. Do you know his name?

And yes, to my knowledge, there is not one particular guy who is active in North Brooklyn for that crew. Whatever action remains is handled by several guys (at least) who remain active in the neighborhood.

As was Jimmy in later years. In fact, Jimmy's "later" relationship with Bobby is what largely defined his reputation in later years. But, truth be told, Jimmy was much more than what was publicly detailed concerning Manna and NJ. For many many decades before that, Jimmy's real "strength" emanated from NY; Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, L.I., and parts of Northern NJ.

In his heyday, Jimmy was one of the more financially "capable" guys.

Was it strictly horses at the off track? No other sports betting or fruit machines?

Always find it slightly comical that betting/ lottery and money lending by the mob was forever being criminally investigated by LE when if you put on a suit and tie and set up a corporate entity you was ok. ( Especially in the UK where we are bombarded with gambling adverts. Also USED to be the same with payday companies. Who even lent against your benefits).

Off-Track Betting, better known and advertised as simply OTB, only handled horse track bets, not sports. And back then, there was no such thing as an OTB Parlor with slot machines, or video game machines (which hadn't even been invented yet.)

And yes, dsd, that's the iniquity of it all. It's the G administering that old adage, "Do as we say, don't do as we do." lol

NYM do you know who he allegedly killed, as one of the indictments were conspiring to murder and 3 counts of murder? Rocco Napoli

You’re speaking about Jimmy Nap, am I right?

I don’t know anything about — or believe — that he killed anyone himself. Generally speaking, that wasn’t Jimmy’s way.

But if you’re referring to the indictment that came down in NJ, naming him along with Manna and others, (from my memory) I think the murder the feds refer to was Irwin Schiff, who was killed while dining in a Midtown Manhattan restaurant. As far as the 3 murder conspiracies go, I think it was the ‘unexecuted plot’ to murder John Gotti and several followers.

Good video Cap !!!

And he wants you to pay for his blog, as an expert ???

GTFO

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