Regarding " Jackie Nose"
There is alot of misinformation on this guy. Where did he grow up and who was he under when he started?
Some say he grew up in jersey but thats not the case.

?were was he born?

OK What is the mis-information??? Please share.

Many assume he was from jersey, he wasnt. I would like to know where he grew up and who did he start out with?
Did he grow up in brooklyn, manhattan?

I thought he grew up in Queens.

Since release, he sounds like a solider. Part of this might be because the new guys don't want a gotti loyalist in the top part of the family.

According to D´Amico´s friend Irving Hershkowitz, they both attended New Utrecht High School. So I would guess that D´Amico grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He came up under Gambino captain Olympio "Lilo" Garofalo who held sway in that same neigborhood in the 1970s and 1980s.

He's from first generation parents

Yes- this makes perfect sense. I think he had his nose so far up Gotti's ass that it contributed to his nickname

What is the real truth about olympio?was paul's crew split up between him and gaggi,or did he became capo od d'aquila's crew in the mid 60s after cologero dicarlo? One source states the fist one another the second

I just read on fbi mafia charts 1930-1950 that somebody named edward was the brother of olympio..was edward garafala related to him or something?i only know of a guy that married sammy gravano's sister.

The truth is that Garofalo had his crew and it wasn´t split with Gaggi. I assumed his crew was when I made a post on Gaggi´s crew some years ago. But I was wrong. Garofalo´s and Gaggi´s crews were seperate ones.

Oh ok,i just send you a pm abou it.so he was a bensonhurst guy and had a large crew right?pauli zac,jackie mickey scars and cali wete in that crew?did he control some unions?

The only thing I've seen on him over the years was he was Gotti's top azz kisser !!!

whats the current status of this guy? anyone with any information?

The guy was broke all his life. But he made A LOT of dough in a relatively short amount of time. He's semi-retired and enjoying that money now. There's no reason for him to be in the street today.

gotti era?

lower nyc guy ,

He was a JG favorite. But he made his money post-Gotti. Jackie and John were good friends but "bad" for each other, if you know what I mean. They shared a bad gambling jones. And gamblers are drawn to each other just like dope addicts are. I don't mean that to be offensive, but it's true just the same. They lost millions gambling together.

His name is always thrown in with the "brokesters".. Which I don't think is fully true. To me there is 2 kinds of brokesters... The ones who just aren't capable of making any money, then there is the ones who can earn a shit ton but spend more than they make. He was for sure in the second category.. Ran a huge book but was a horrible gambler..he had hal irving..

jack was not a book maker..he gambled table games..never sports

@Bronx:

Jackie's a big craps guy. He used to go on casino junkets that Taylor ran up in Connecticut. A.C., Foxwoods, Vegas, they even took one to Paradise Island once. They hooked up through Braciole.

Talk about a lunatic gambler. If you believe the Feds (and ordinarily, I don't), Taylor gambled over 80 million one year. That's exaggerated, of course, but he was definitely one of the biggest gamblers in the United States. No doubt about that.

He died this past summer. He was only about sixty. And here's the preachy part: His daughter could barely pay for his funeral. The guy had a warped sense of humor. His obit, and the prayer cards at his memorial, both read: Bet with your head, not over it. True story .

So Jackie grew up in bensonhurst?? Interesting. I know later, he lived in north jersey but had a pad in manhattan. ( i think ).

Is he now retired then?

makes sense, thanks!

Hmmm..on target pizza

he did not know where bensonhurst was until 1990

no sucha ting

he had him around to dance, pick up broads, not to gamble.