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One of the most devout mafiosi to ever walk the streets of America - of iconic Mulberry Street in New York City’s Little Italy - was Aniello Dellacroce.

Better known as “O’Neil” to his underworld contemporaries, he rose from street hoodlum and gunman to become the second in command of the largest Cosa Nostra Family in the United States.

https://youtu.be/MR91Bz5sz34

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Lisa worked very hard creating a comprehensive and very worthwhile video of my biography on Aniello (O'Neil) Dellacroce. The methods and technology she used took longer than either one of us expected. She worked many a night into the wee hours very long and hard on this one, and only launched it at like 3am this morning.

But I gotta say that what she did was in my opinion was a great job. Check it out. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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Very good video. Very detailed. I’ve mentioned a few times in here that I grew up in Yonkers and my grandfather knew Charlie Bear Calise. You did a great job going into that whole murder then the eventual arrest and murder of Tony Plate in 79

Thanks pal

Thank you JC. Glad you approve

No problem. There is one thing that I not sure about. For years I thought TonybPlate was in Neil’s crew but I’ve heard he was possibly in Tony Napolitano’s crew. Either way Neil was still the underboss at the time they killed Calise

Great content, interesting and well researched as always...

Thank you Fergie

Wow!!!...awesome material & wonderful how u get such rare news clippings & photos...It took me an hour 2 watch because I was pausing @ every rare photo & reading all the clippings..great job Lisa!!

LOL.... good Hoodlum. we're glad you enjoyed it so much

Thanks, Hoodlum. My fav article was that one when he was in Riker's and the newspapers reported that no one liked him and thought he lacked intelligence...lol. And the 20 counts of contempt of court...

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Yes, me 2...I had 2 read that over also..I'm thinking 2 myself while I was reading.."was Neil really a mook???..but how could lack intelligence if he was UB of the most powerful family of that time"...that clip must have been from a bullshit rag @ that time & era , w/ no real investigative reporters..

Daily News by Edward Kirkman in 1973 when he wrote a huge article on what would happen when Carlo Gambino died and talked about different people who could take over. Here are a couple more excerpts...

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There's a short surveillance footage of Dellacroce at 5:43. Look closely at the guy at far right he kept looking into Dellacroces eyes until Dellacroce looks at him and he looks away. lmao.

. That’s actually his son Armand

Are you sure that was his son? The way he looked away was strange. I dunno, looks like he was intimidated.

No offense but I think you are reading into things a bit too much 😂

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Maybe you are right or it could be a coincidence.

I was'nt impressed with it at all. Neil was not fair skinned as she says. He had dark skin if you've ever seen a picture of him. Hardy fair, skinned at all. Also where did you get that he helped kill or was the killer of Armand Rava. I would love to see something to back that up. Everything in this video was something you could find on wikipedia with some falsehoods thrown in. Nothing new or interesting at all.

Would you happen to know when Dellacroce got out of Riker's Island in 1976?

Nice video. I liked the introduction.

Do we know what became of Dellacroce's Mulberry street crew after he was appointed underboss ?

Who replaced him as capo and what happen to the crew along the years ?

Also, does anyone know who is the guy with Neil at 8.12 in the video ?

Thanks. That's his lawyer, I believe. They were heading into court. The Other Guy or anyone else can correct me if I'm wrong.

Neil's experience shows why tax evasion is such a perfect trap for mobsters. They regard paying taxes in the same league as being cuckolded by a civilian. Neil got five years after losing a fortune in a casino at a time when he was claiming "legitimate" income of $10k/yr. Probably cost him the Donship.

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Yes, income-tax evasion cases have been an often utilized tool against wiseguys since the days of Scarface Al Capone in Chicago.