Joseph N. Gallo: Difference between revisions

{{For|the Colombo crime family member|Crazy Joe Gallo}}

|name = Joseph NicholasN. Gallo

|birth_place = [[Calabria]], Italy

|death_place = [[Queens]], [[New York City, New York]], U.S.

'''Joseph Nicholas Gallo''' (January 8, 1912 –– September 1, 1995) was a New York [[mobster]] who served as [[consigliere]] of the [[Gambino crime family]] under three different bosses.

Joseph N. Gallo was born on January 8, 1912, in [[Calabria]],<ref>1920 census</ref> but grew up in the [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] section of Manhattan.<ref name="who's who" /> Gallo was married and was the father of Gambino associate Joseph C. Gallo. Joseph N. Gallo and his family lived in [[Mill Basin, Brooklyn]] and [[Long Island City, Queens]].<ref name="13 seized">{{cite news|title=Sketches of 13 Seized in Queens Raid|url=httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive1966/10/01/121730144.pdf?res=F70B17FE3E5A12718DDDA80894D8415B868AF1D3|accessdateaccess-date=22 December 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 1, 1966}}</ref>

Gallo also had strong ties with the [[Trafficante crime family]] of [[Tampa, Florida]], and the [[New Orleans crime family]] under boss [[Carlos Marcello]]. Gallo frequently represented their leaders at Cosa Nostra meetings in New York.<ref name="drug war">{{cite news|last=[[Pileggi|author-link=Nicholas Pileggi|Pileggi]]|first=Nicholas|title=Anatomy of the Drug War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noI5n-RRLi8C&pg=PA39&dqq=%22Joseph+N.+Gallo%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XKzzTtnNNsHd0QHgvISrAg&vedpg=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Joseph%20N.%20Gallo%22&f=falsePA39|accessdateaccess-date=22 December 2011|newspaper=[[New York Magazine(magazine)|New York]]|date=January 8, 1973|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204065355/https://books.google.com/books?id=noI5n-RRLi8C&q=%22Joseph+N.+Gallo%22&pg=PA39|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, Gallo replaced Joseph Riccobono as consigliere under boss [[Carlo Gambino]]. Gallo was considered as a possible candidate to succeed the ailing Gambino. However, on February 21, 1974, Gallo suffered a severe [[heart attack]]. Gallo recovered from this illness, but decided that he did not have the will or stamina to be Gambino's successor.<ref name="who's who">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=A Gambino Who's Who, Who Isn't|url=httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive1976/10/24/356060112.pdf?res=F10E17FE3B5D15768FDDAD0A94D8415B868BF1D3|accessdateaccess-date=22 December 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 24, 1976}}</ref> After Gambino's death in 1976, Gallo continued as consigliere for boss [[Paul Castellano]]. In 1986, after Castellano's assassination, new boss [[John Gotti]] also kept Gallo as consigliere.

On December 22, 1987, Gallo was convicted of [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] charges that included two counts of bribery and one count of illegal interstate travel to commit bribery.<ref name="4 convicted">{{cite news|last=Buder|first=Leonard|title=4 Convicted At Mob Trial In Brooklyn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/23/nyregion/4-convicted-at-mob-trial-in-brooklyn.html?scp=4&sq=%22Joseph%20N%20Gallo%22&st=cse|accessdateaccess-date=22 December 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 23, 1987|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204065319/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/23/nyregion/4-convicted-at-mob-trial-in-brooklyn.html?scp=4&sq=%22Joseph+N+Gallo%22&st=cse|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 1988, Gallo was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $380,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DD103DF933A25751C0A96E948260 |title=A 10-Year Term Given by Judge To Crime Figure|author =Leonard Buder |date=February 10, 1988 |work=[[New York Times]] |accessdateaccess-date=2010-07-28 |quote=A 76-year-old former leader of the Gambino organized-crime family was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in Federal prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $380,000.}}</ref> Before his sentence, he was released on parole to spend a last [[Christmas]] with his family, since at his age any sentence imposed on him would have assured he would die in prison. He became the oldest inmate in federal custody. In 1987, after Gallo's conviction, Gotti replaced him with capo [[Sammy Gravano]] atas consigliere.

In 1995, Gallo was released from prison. On September 1, 1995, Gallo died of natural causes in [[Astoria, Queens]]. He is buried in [[St. Michael's Cemetery (New York)|St. Michaels Cemetery]] in [[East Elmhurst, Queens]].<ref name="find grave">{{cite webcn|titledate=Joseph N. Gallo|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gallo&GSfn=Joseph&GSmn=N&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=6494611&df=all&|work=Find A Grave|accessdate=21 DecemberFebruary 20112021}}</ref>

* [[Jerry Capeci|Capeci, Jerry]]. ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia''. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. {{ISBN|0-02-864225-2}}

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* Willis, Clint (ed.) ''Wise Guys: Stories of Mobsters from Jersey to Vegas''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003. {{ISBN|1-56025-498-X}}

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