In 1976, Paul Castellano became the leader of the Gambino crime family after Carlo Gambino died of old age, earning the position over Gambino’s underboss Aniello Dellacroce. He focused on white ...

Formed in 1931 after the Castellammarese War, the Five Families of New York became known as the backbone of the American ...

The body of mafia crime boss Paul Castellano lies on a stretcher ... The wake was "just for the family," Castellano's son told the Advance as he stood at the door screening well-dressed visitors ...

Though the crime organization in question had been operating for decades, the Gambino family’s name came ... the man who took over for him, Paul Castellano. He was murdered outside a Manhattan ...

In Staten Island’s tony Todt Hill — the highest natural point on the East Coast — a 33,000-square-foot mansion that once belonged to Gambino crime family boss “Big Paul” Castellano has ...

The Dec. 16, 1985 execution of Gambino family boss “Big Paul” Castellano and driver Tommy Bilotti in a fusillade of Mafia gunfire marked the demise of organized crime’s old guard and the ...

Gambino family mob boss Paul Castellano was shot to death outside of a New York City steakhouse in 1985. He was the last family crime leader to be shot in NY before Cali. In 2007, FBI agents ...

Nine days before Christmas 1985, feared Mafia Godfather Paul Castellano arrived ... ordered by Castellano. When Castellano was made boss of the Gambino crime family, he took over the business ...

The murder of reputed Gambino crime family boss Frank Cali on Wednesday recalled New York City’s last major mob hit nearly 35 years ago: the assassination of Paul Castellano outside a Manhattan ...

Paul Castellano (inset) headed the Gambino crime family before his assassination in 1985. His grandson was arrested on Dec. 20 for illegal waste carting. Victor Alcorn/AP The grandson of “Big ...