that house of vinny is that the same house next to the water that he was constructing? the one where cicale was saying that vinny wanted to whack the contractor cause he messed up the house or soemthing like that, here it is:

"A young gangster was marked for death after botching work on former Bonanno boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano's waterfront mansion, a mob rat testified Tuesday.
Government witness Dominick Cicale told jurors victim Randolph Pizzolo did a good job excavating the Schurz Ave. site in the Bronx, but then bit off more than he could chew with the rest of the project: He forgot to hook up French drains in the foundation.
"Vinny was very angry, especially because one of the houses was his," Cicale said on the stand in Brooklyn Federal Court. Then bricklayers made a mess of the white brick. "It was horrible; Vinny had a fit," Cicale recalled.
There were imperfections in the foundation - a barrel sticking out of one footing and a piece of plywood in another. Finally the carpenters were ready to walk because Pizzolo wasn't paying them.
"'That's it! This kid's going!'" Basciano decreed in Nov. 2004.
"We were going to kill Randy," Cicale said, translating Basciano's order.
Cicale tried to buy Pizzolo time but said that after he disrespected the entire Bonanno crime family during a drunken tirade, there was no saving him.
Soon after, Basciano was arrested for racketeering and murder but his order remained in place with successor Michael Mancuso. Cicale put together the hit team that shot up Pizzolo in Brooklyn. He then attended a Nets game in courtside seats to give himself a televised alibi.
"I had to live with it because my first loyalty was to Vinny," Cicale said.
And this is the coded message Basciano received to let him know the job was done: "'[Mancuso] had me take care of the footings and foundations.' I knew Vinny would relate that to Randy Pizzolo," Cicale said"

http://fivefamiliesnyc.blogspot.com/2011/05/gangster-was-rubbed-out-after-botching.html

I never read that, but yeah, that's the house. If you're ever in the area, it's the last house on Revere Avenue, on the left side as you head toward Marina del Ray.

As far as whacking the contractor, God only knows. I do recall that he wanted to take down some trees for a better view of the water. The problem was, they weren't on his property, and his neighbors were opposed to the idea. I know a few people were threatened. I also know that the trees came down while the people who owned the property were on vacation, and "no one knew nuttin."

And let's be honest, that was a bully move that affected people who had absolutely nothing to do with "business." A perfect example of why these guys can't be viewed as Robin Hood.

your right it was i guess on the corner of revere and Schurz Ave according to the article and your info. I live not too far will see if i check it out one day, i wonder if the basciano's still occupy the place?

paul castellano carlo gambino or one of the wealthy bootleggers like zwillman or rothstein

This chart may shed some (outdated) light on the topic:

http://www.kepplerspeakers.com/literature/Franzese%20M-Article%20(Fortune%20-%2050%20Biggest%20Mafia%20Bosses).pdf

Hey guys, I'm trying to post a link to the 'Fortune Wealthiest Mafia Bosses' list from 1988. However, I am not able to figure out how to do it except to copy and paste the address above. But it doesnt work when I plug it in to the search/address field. Anyway, it is a cool chart. If anyone wants to read/download it, tell me how to tranfer the link. Thanks.

Take that list with a dump truck of salt. It wasn't exactly based on anything concrete. And notice how they seemed to be more concerned with including somebody from just about every family around the country.

Do you really think the person who is the wealthiest is going to let this become public knowledge, or act like Mr. G did by spending lots of money, going out to eat all the time buying expensive meals and drinks, gambling away a lot of cash, buying expensive cars, living in mansions, buying custom tailor made designer clothing only to wear it just once, etc.?

Cuckold and Content AKA The ARM

Richie Martino has to be the wealthiest active mobster.

I agree tommy the scam he had goin with tore locascio brought in billions , one scam alone brought in 700 million dollars , that's some serious Money , I read also that alphonse trucchio's crew is the most active crew in the gambino's and they bring in mega money , obviously before he was imprisoned

True, but don't forget that a lot of that money was spread around to the administration, and a shitload of it was confiscated by the government.

That being said, Richie is rich beyond his wildest dreams. He'll be home in July, and I'll be shocked if he doesn't head to Florida and sit in the sun with his compare .

Yeah you couldn't blame him , john gotti apparently had reservations about giving martino his button , how big of a mistake would that have been

Where'd you get that from, Dom?

In one of the Gotti tapes you hear him say "I like the Richies, I want guys that done more than killing," or something to that effect. And the Richie he was referring to was Richie Martino .

If anything, recognizing the smarts in Richie was one of Gotti's better moves. That's my two cents, anyway .

Im sure I read it in one of capeci's columns . It was on gangland a few years ago , I remember wot was said on the tapes also so I'm not sure how much truth was in the story