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A husband-and-wife team who live in Woodsburgh and own a business in Lynbrook spearheaded the production of a new documentary series that will have its New York premiere, and an accompanying panel discussion, on Sunday at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. more
According to a report by the United States Department of Justice issued on Dec. 13, Anthony Saladino, Glen Cove resident and member of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, has been … more
Four members and associates of the Gambino and Bonanno crime families, including a man from Bellmore, were arrested on Wednesday as part of a major federal investigation into cocaine dealing and racketeering. more
A federal grand jury last week charged Luca DiMatteo, 70, of Merrick, with extortion, loan-sharking and racketeering conspiracy. The indictment accuses DiMatteo of serving as an acting captain in the Colombo crime family, one of New York’s five Mafia families. more
Mafiosi made their way to Merrick last year –– fictitious Mafiosi, that is. Now, they’re hitting the big screen in Bellmore. Portions of a script describing the inner workings of an Italian crime family, written by Kennedy High School graduate Lee Kolinsky, were brought to life in his hometown when parts of “Send No Flowers” were filmed in two locations in Merrick last fall. Now the film is being screened at the Long Island International Film Expo. more
Two East Meadow men were arrested last week for allegedly participating in a mob ring that recruited several Eastern European and Russian women to illegally enter the U.S. and work as exotic dancers at four strip clubs in Queens and Long Island. more
My father served as a union president — a teachers union president — in Suffolk County nearly four decades ago, in the days when educators like him were given little respect, and even lower wages. more
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