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Albert Gallo
Albert Gallo
Born	June 6, 1930 (age 94); Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Mobster
Relatives	Joe Gallo (brother)

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Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr. (born June 6, 1930) is an American mobster of the Genovese crime family.

Biography

Albert Gallo was born on June 6, 1930, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. His parents were Albert (Umberto) and Mary Gallo (née Nunziata). His two older brothers were Lawrence "Larry" Gallo and Joe "Crazy Joey" Gallo.

A bootlegger during Prohibition, Albert Sr. did not discourage his three sons from becoming criminals. Albert Gallo joined his brothers Larry and Joey in a gang that controlled President Street in South Brooklyn.

At one point, Albert Gallo lived in the Greenwood section of Brooklyn. In the late 1970s, Gallo told the media that he owned a furniture company.^[1] It is unknown if Gallo is married or has a family.

Profaci crime family

The three Gallo brothers became affiliated with capo Harry Fontana's crew in the Profaci crime family, then headed by boss Joseph Profaci.

In 1957, Profaci allegedly asked Joe Gallo and his crew to murder Albert Anastasia, the boss of the Gambino crime family. On October 25, 1957, Anastasia was murdered by two disguised men in the barber shop of a Manhattan hotel.^[2] It is unknown if Albert Gallo participated in the Anastasia killing. Some say it was Colombo mobster Carmine Persico, who participated in the shooting of Anastasia.

Eventually, Larry and Joey both became inducted members of the Profaci family. However, Albert never achieved this status in the family.^[3] Although Joey was the most explosive and strong-willed of the brothers, Larry was the organized thoughtful one who actually ran the crew. Younger brother Albert tended to stay in the background.

By the end of the 1950s, the Gallo brothers had become very dissatisfied with Profaci's leadership. Profaci was maintaining a lavish lifestyle by severely taxing everyone else in his crime family. In 1959, Profaci ordered the Gallos to murder fellow crew member Frank Abbatemarco, who ran lucrative bookmaking and loan sharking operations. Abbatemarco owed Profaci $50,000 in unpaid tribute and refused to pay it out of protest. On November 4, 1959, Abbatemarco was shot inside a tavern in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn. Some accounts state that Albert, his brothers and Joseph "Joe Jelly" Gioelli killed Abbatemarco. Other reports say that Joey Gallo refused the assignment on behalf of the crew. After Abbatemarco's murder, Profaci took his rackets, leaving nothing for the Gallo crew.

First Colombo War

Albert and the Gallo crew now turned against Profaci. In February 1961, the Gallos kidnapped underboss Joseph Magliocco and capos Frank Profaci, John Scimone and Joseph Colombo. Profaci was a target also, but he managed to escape capture.^[4] To obtain their release, Profaci negotiated an agreement with the Gallos. However, after the hostage were released, Profaci reneged on the agreement and went after the Gallo crew. On August 20, 1961, Scimone, now a Profaci loyalist, lured Larry Gallo into meeting him at a lounge, where several men, including Persico, tried to kill him. This was the start of the First Colombo War.

On December 21, 1961, Joey Gallo was sentenced seven to fourteen years in prison, but the conflict continued.^[5] In June 1962, Profaci died of cancer and the family leadership passed to Magliocco.^[6]

On January 29, 1962, Albert Gallo and six other crew members rescued six small children from an apartment filled with smoke by a mattress fire. None of the children or mobsters were injured.^[7]

In 1963, with the conviction of two more Gallo crew members, both sides accepted a peace agreement brokered by Patriarca crime family boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca. The first war was over, with the Profaci crime family becoming the Colombo crime family.

Peacetime

On January 8, 1965, Albert and Larry Gallo, along with 13 other crew members, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and were sentenced to six months in prison.^[8]

In 1966, New York City's Youth Board requested that Albert Gallo and his brothers help them lower racial tensions between white and African-American youths in the East New York and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn. At one meeting with white youths, Albert Gallo sent a teenager sprawling for using a racial epithet. Brooklyn District Attorney Aaron Koota protested the use of the Gallo brothers, but New York Mayor John V. Lindsay defended the Youth Board's actions.^[9]

On October 24, 1967, Albert Gallo was indicted on charges related to a ticket cashing racket at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York.^[10]

On May 16, 1968, Larry Gallo died of cancer.^[11] Joe Gallo took control of the Gallo crew from prison.

Second Colombo War

In 1971, Joe Gallo was released from prison. Later that year, boss Joseph Colombo was shot and paralyzed. Former Gallo crew member Carmine Persico now took control of the family through a series of front bosses. Convinced that the Gallos had tried to kill Colombo, the Colombo leadership went after Joey Gallo.

On April 7, 1972, gunmen murdered Joey Gallo in Umberto's Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy, starting the Second Colombo War.^[12] John "Mooney" Cutrone, a made man and close confidant of both Larry and Joey, was seen as Joey's logical successor. However, to maintain harmony in the crew, Cutrone supported Albert for capo. The untested and less experienced Albert now became boss of the Gallo crew.^[1]

In August 1972, Albert Gallo learned that several members of the Colombo leadership, including Alphonse Persico (Carmine Persico's brother) and Gennaro Langella would be meeting at the Neapolitan Noodle restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The Gallo crew hired a hitman from Las Vegas to ambush and murder the Colombo leaders. However, at the restaurant, the confused hitman shot four innocent meat wholesalers instead of the mobsters. Two of his victims died.^[3]^[13] In the following months, an uneasy truce prevailed between the Colombos and the Gallos.

Cutrone defection

In 1974, the truce was shattered when Cutrone and his followers defected back to the Colombo family. Cutrone, Gerry Basciano, Sammy Zahralbam, and other Gallo members had become dissatisfied with their lack of income under Albert's leadership.

Almost immediately, violence broke out between the Gallo and Cutrone factions. Gallo loyalist James Geritano wiretapped Basciano's phone, allowing them to plan an ambush. On July 1, 1974, Basciano and Zahralbam were shot and wounded on a Brooklyn sidewalk, but escaped serious injury.^[14] On August 1974, the Cutrone faction shot and killed Gallo loyalist Stevie Cirillo while he was playing craps at a charity benefit in a Brooklyn synagogue.^[15] On September 11, 1974, a sniper shot and seriously wounded Gallo loyalist Frank "Punchy" Illiano, Albert's lieutenant, near the Gallo headquarters on President street.^[16]

Leaving the Colombo crime family

In the autumn of 1974, the Mafia Commission intervened in the Gallo/Cutrone conflict. The family bosses believed that the violence was interfering with business and bringing public attention to their activities. The Commission negotiated an agreement under which Albert and his followers would join the crew of Vincent Gigante, then a powerful capo in the Genovese Family.^[17] Cutrone and his rebels would remain with the Colombo Family. Losing members, running out of money and virtually besieged in their President Street headquarters, the Gallo crew had no other choice.^[18] The Second Colombo War was over.

In February 1976, the peace agreement was violated when a sniper fired two gunshots into the Gallo headquarters, slightly wounding crew member Steven Boriello. Now part of Genovese family, Albert immediately filed a formal protest to the Colombo leadership. The Colombo bosses responded by summoning Cutrone and Basciano to a "sitdown" to explain their actions. Neither man attended the meeting; they also ignored attempts by the Colombo leadership.^[19]

At this point, the mob families lost patience with Cutrone and Basciano. On June 16, 1976, a gunman shot and killed Basciano while he was eating at a luncheonette.^[19] Cutrone went into hiding, but the Colombos convinced him that Basciano's death ended the problem. On October 5, 1976, a gunman shot and killed Cutrone while he was eating breakfast at a diner.^[19]^[20] Revealingly, the Colombo family did not show any signs of displeasure at the killing of Cutrone, a made man.

Genovese crime family

With all threats now extinguished, Gallo peacefully rose through the ranks of the Genovese family, most likely being officially inducted into the New York Mafia in 1976, when the books were open once again after roughly 20 years.

Gallo is still listed as an acting captain. He is, however, retired, remaining a highly respected elder statesman.

References

^ ^a ^b Pace, Eric (August 17, 1972). "Albert Gallo, the 'Kid Brother', Picks Up Mantle for 'Honor' of Mafia Family" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ "Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here. Led Murder, Inc". The New York Times. October 26, 1957.
^ ^a ^b Gage, Nicholas (July 7, 1975). "Key Mafia Figure Tells of Wars and Gallo-Colombo Peace Talks" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ Earley, Pete; Shur, Gerald (2003). WITSEC inside the Federal Witness Protection Program. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-307-43143-6.
^ Roth, Jack (December 22, 1961). "Gallo Sentenced to 7 to 14 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Profaci Dies of Cancer; Led Feuding Brooklyn Mob". The New York Times. June 8, 1961. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Gallo Gang Saves 6 Children in Fire in Brooklyn Flat" (PDF). The New York Times. February 1, 1962. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "15 in Gallo Gang Jailed, 2 Others Fined" (PDF). The New York Times. January 9, 1965. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ Kifner, John (August 27, 1966). "Lindsay Defends Gallo Peace Roll" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
^ Silver, Roy R. (October 24, 1967). "A Gallo Arrested in Coercion Case" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ "Larry Gallo Dies in Sleep at 41" (PDF). The New York Times. May 19, 1968. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ Gage, Nicholas (May 3, 1972). "Story of Joe Gallo's Murder". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ Montgomery, Paul L (August 13, 1972). "Hunt Pressed for Gunman Who Killed 3 in an Eastside Restaurant" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ "Gallo Reprisal Held Motive in Shooting" (PDF). The New York Times. July 3, 1974. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ Kihss, Peter (August 5, 1974). "Gallo Aide Slain at a Dice Table" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ Treaster, Joseph B. (September 12, 1974). "A Member of Gallo Gang Shot by Brooklyn Sniper" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ Capeci, Jerry (2004). The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia (2nd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books. ISBN 1-59257-305-3.
^ Breasted, Mary (November 10, 1974). "Gallo Factions Declare a Truce After a Series of Shootings" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gage, Nicholas (November 7, 1976). "Colombo Family Seeking Peace in Classic Style By More Killing" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ Perlmutter, Emanuel (October 6, 1976). "Cutrone, Organized-Crime Figure, is Robbed and Killed in Brooklyn" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

External links

Blood in the Streets: Subculture of Violence

[kid_brother-1] Pace, Eric (August 17, 1972). "Albert Gallo, the 'Kid Brother', Picks Up Mantle for 'Honor' of Mafia Family" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[2] "Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here. Led Murder, Inc". The New York Times. October 26, 1957.

[key_mafia-3] Gage, Nicholas (July 7, 1975). "Key Mafia Figure Tells of Wars and Gallo-Colombo Peace Talks" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[Earley-4] Earley, Pete; Shur, Gerald (2003). WITSEC inside the Federal Witness Protection Program. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-307-43143-6.

[gallo_sentenced-5] Roth, Jack (December 22, 1961). "Gallo Sentenced to 7 to 14 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[profaci_dies-6] "Profaci Dies of Cancer; Led Feuding Brooklyn Mob". The New York Times. June 8, 1961. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[saves_children-7] "Gallo Gang Saves 6 Children in Fire in Brooklyn Flat" (PDF). The New York Times. February 1, 1962. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[15_jailed-8] "15 in Gallo Gang Jailed, 2 Others Fined" (PDF). The New York Times. January 9, 1965. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[Kifner-9] Kifner, John (August 27, 1966). "Lindsay Defends Gallo Peace Roll" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 27 October 2010.

[gallo_arrested-10] Silver, Roy R. (October 24, 1967). "A Gallo Arrested in Coercion Case" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[larry_gallo-11] "Larry Gallo Dies in Sleep at 41" (PDF). The New York Times. May 19, 1968. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[gallo's_murder-12] Gage, Nicholas (May 3, 1972). "Story of Joe Gallo's Murder". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[hunt_pressed-13] Montgomery, Paul L (August 13, 1972). "Hunt Pressed for Gunman Who Killed 3 in an Eastside Restaurant" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[gallo_reprisal-14] "Gallo Reprisal Held Motive in Shooting" (PDF). The New York Times. July 3, 1974. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[dice_table-15] Kihss, Peter (August 5, 1974). "Gallo Aide Slain at a Dice Table" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[brooklyn_sniper-16] Treaster, Joseph B. (September 12, 1974). "A Member of Gallo Gang Shot by Brooklyn Sniper" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[Capeci-17] Capeci, Jerry (2004). The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia (2nd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books. ISBN 1-59257-305-3.

[gallo_truce-18] Breasted, Mary (November 10, 1974). "Gallo Factions Declare a Truce After a Series of Shootings" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[more_killing-19] Gage, Nicholas (November 7, 1976). "Colombo Family Seeking Peace in Classic Style By More Killing" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[cutrone_killed-20] Perlmutter, Emanuel (October 6, 1976). "Cutrone, Organized-Crime Figure, is Robbed and Killed in Brooklyn" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

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-'''Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr.''' (born June 6, 1930) is a New York mobster of the [[Genovese crime family]].
+'''Albert''' "'''Kid Blast'''" '''Gallo, Jr.''' (born June 6, 1930) is an American mobster of the [[Genovese crime family]].
 == Biography ==
-Albert Gallo was born on June 6, 1930, in [[Red Hook, Brooklyn]]. His parents were Umberto and Mary Gallo. His two older brothers were Lawrence "Larry" Gallo and [[Joe Gallo|Joe "Crazy Joey" Gallo]].
+Albert Gallo was born on June 6, 1930, in [[Red Hook, Brooklyn]]. His parents were Albert (Umberto) and Mary Gallo (née Nunziata). His two older brothers were [[Larry Gallo|Lawrence "Larry" Gallo]] and [[Joe Gallo|Joe "Crazy Joey" Gallo]].
-A [[rum-running|bootleg]]ger during [[Prohibition]], Umberto did not discourage his three sons from becoming criminals. Albert Gallo joined his brothers Larry and Joey in a gang that controlled President street [[South Brooklyn]].
+A [[rum-running|bootleg]]ger during [[Prohibition]], Albert Sr. did not discourage his three sons from becoming criminals. Albert Gallo joined his brothers Larry and Joey in a gang that controlled President Street in [[South Brooklyn]].
-At one point, Albert Gallo lived in the Greenwood section of [[Brooklyn]]. In the late 1970s, Gallo told the media that he owned a furniture company.<ref name="kid brother">{{cite news|last=Pace|first=Eric|title=Albert Gallo, the 'Kid Brother', Picks Up Mantle for 'Honor' of Mafia Family|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60612F93A54127B93C5A81783D85F468785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=August 17, 1972}}</ref>  It is unknown if Gallo is married or has a family.
+At one point, Albert Gallo lived in the Greenwood section of [[Brooklyn]]. In the late 1970s, Gallo told the media that he owned a furniture company.<ref name="kid brother">{{cite news|last=Pace|first=Eric|title=Albert Gallo, the 'Kid Brother', Picks Up Mantle for 'Honor' of Mafia Family|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/08/17/81977495.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 17, 1972}}</ref>  It is unknown if Gallo is married or has a family.
 === Profaci crime family ===
-The three Gallo brothers became affiliated with capo Harry Fontana's crew in the [[Profaci crime family]], then headed by  boss [[Joseph Profaci]].
+The three Gallo brothers became affiliated with [[Caporegime|capo]] Harry Fontana's crew in the [[Profaci crime family]], then headed by boss [[Joseph Profaci]].
-In 1957, Profaci allegedly asked Joe Gallo and his crew to murder [[Albert Anastasia]], the boss of the [[Gambino crime family]]. On October 25, 1957, Anastasia was murdered by two disguised men in the barber shop of a Manhattan hotel.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here. Led Murder, Inc. |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=October 26, 1957}}</ref> It is unknown if Albert Gallo participated in the Anastasia killing. Some say it was Colombo mobster Carmine Persico, who participated in the shooting of Anastasia.
+In 1957, Profaci allegedly asked Joe Gallo and his crew to murder [[Albert Anastasia]], the boss of the [[Gambino crime family]]. On October 25, 1957, Anastasia was murdered by two disguised men in the barber shop of a Manhattan hotel.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here. Led Murder, Inc. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 26, 1957}}</ref> It is unknown if Albert Gallo participated in the Anastasia killing. Some say it was Colombo mobster [[Carmine Persico]], who participated in the shooting of Anastasia.
-Eventually, Larry and Joey both became [[made man|inducted members]] of the Profaci family. However, Albert never achieved this status in the family.<ref name="key mafia">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=Key Mafia Figure Tells of Wars and Gallo-Colombo Peac Talks|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F00F17F7385F1B7493C5A9178CD85F418785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 7, 1975}}</ref> Although Joey was the most explosive and strong-willed of the brothers, Larry was the organized thoughful one who actually ran the crew. Younger brother Albert tended to stay in the background.
+Eventually, Larry and Joey both became [[made man|inducted members]] of the Profaci family. However, Albert never achieved this status in the family.<ref name="key mafia">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=Key Mafia Figure Tells of Wars and Gallo-Colombo Peace Talks|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/07/07/78259103.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 7, 1975}}</ref> Although Joey was the most explosive and strong-willed of the brothers, Larry was the organized thoughtful one who actually ran the crew. Younger brother Albert tended to stay in the background.
-By the end of the 1950s, the Gallo brothers had become very dissatisfied with Profaci's leadership. Profaci was maintaining a lavish lifestyle by severely taxing everyone else in his crime family. In 1959, Profaci ordered the Gallos to murder fellow crew member [[Frank Abbatemarco]], who ran lucrative [[bookmaking]] and [[loan sharking]] operations. Abbatemarco owed Profaci $50,000 in unpaid tribute and refused pay it out of protest. On November 4, 1959, Abbatemarco was shot inside a tavern in the [[Carroll Gardens]] section of Brooklyn. Some accounts state that Albert, his brothers and Joseph "Joe Jelly" Gioelli killed Abbatemarco. Other reports say that Joey Gallo refused the assignment on behalf of the crew. After Abbatemarco's murder, Profaci took his rackets, leaving nothing for the Gallo crew.
+By the end of the 1950s, the Gallo brothers had become very dissatisfied with Profaci's leadership. Profaci was maintaining a lavish lifestyle by severely taxing everyone else in his crime family. In 1959, Profaci ordered the Gallos to murder fellow crew member [[Frank Abbatemarco]], who ran lucrative [[bookmaking]] and [[loan sharking]] operations. Abbatemarco owed Profaci $50,000 in unpaid tribute and refused to pay it out of protest. On November 4, 1959, Abbatemarco was shot inside a tavern in the [[Carroll Gardens]] section of Brooklyn. Some accounts state that Albert, his brothers and Joseph "Joe Jelly" Gioelli killed Abbatemarco. Other reports say that Joey Gallo refused the assignment on behalf of the crew. After Abbatemarco's murder, Profaci took his rackets, leaving nothing for the Gallo crew.
 === First Colombo War ===
-Albert and the Gallo crew now turned against Profaci. In February 1961, the Gallos kidnapped underboss [[Joseph Magliocco]] and capos Frank Profaci, John Scimone and [[Joseph Colombo]]. Profaci was a target also, but he managed to escape capture.<ref name=Earley>{{cite book|last=Earley|first=Pete|title=WITSEC inside the Federal Witness Protection Program|year=2003|publisher=Bantam Books|location=New York|isbn=0-307-43143-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hWoc46a5i4C&pg=PT37&lpg=PT37&dq=profaci+IRS&source=bl&ots=JVOadXqgMA&sig=Unr8yUAjKKD7n9jwk9MSsDC58KE&hl=en&ei=t9ClTvXBGeX30gGwifGWBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=profaci%20IRS&f=false|author2=Shur, Gerald}}</ref>  To obtain their release, Profaci negotiated an agreement with the Gallos.
+Albert and the Gallo crew now turned against Profaci. In February 1961, the Gallos kidnapped underboss [[Joseph Magliocco]] and capos Frank Profaci, John Scimone and [[Joseph Colombo]]. Profaci was a target also, but he managed to escape capture.<ref name=Earley>{{cite book|last=Earley|first=Pete|title=WITSEC inside the Federal Witness Protection Program|year=2003|publisher=Bantam Books|location=New York|isbn=0-307-43143-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hWoc46a5i4C&q=profaci+IRS&pg=PT37|author2=Shur, Gerald}}</ref>  To obtain their release, Profaci negotiated an agreement with the Gallos.
 However, after the hostage were released, Profaci reneged on the agreement and went after the Gallo crew.
 On August 20, 1961, Scimone, now a Profaci loyalist, lured Larry Gallo into meeting him at a lounge, where several men, including Persico, tried to kill him. This was the start of the First Colombo War.
-On December 21, 1961, Joey Gallo was sentenced seven to fourteen years in prison, but the conflict continued.<ref name="gallo sentenced">{{cite news|last=Roth|first=Jack|title=Gallo Sentenced to 7 to 14 Years|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D11FE3E5E147A93C0AB1789D95F458685F9|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 22, 1961}}</ref>  In June 1962, Profaci died of cancer and the family leadership passed to Magliocco.<ref name="profaci dies">{{cite news|title=Profaci Dies of Cancer; Led Feuding Brooklyn Mob|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D13FA345E137B93CAA9178DD85F468685F9|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=June 8, 1961}}</ref>
+On December 21, 1961, Joey Gallo was sentenced seven to fourteen years in prison, but the conflict continued.<ref name="gallo sentenced">{{cite news|last=Roth|first=Jack|title=Gallo Sentenced to 7 to 14 Years|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/12/22/archives/gallo-sentenced-to-7-to-14-years-judge-imposes-maximum-for.html|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 22, 1961}}</ref>  In June 1962, Profaci died of cancer and the family leadership passed to Magliocco.<ref name="profaci dies">{{cite news|title=Profaci Dies of Cancer; Led Feuding Brooklyn Mob|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/06/08/archives/profaci-dies-of-cancer-led-feuding-brooklyn-mob.html|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 8, 1961}}</ref>
-On January 29, 1962, Albert Gallo and six other crew members rescued six small children from an apartment filled with smoke by a mattress fire. None of the children or mobsters were injured.<ref name="saves children">{{cite news|title=Gallo Gang Saves 6 Children in Fire in Brooklyn Flat|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0917F9345D177A93C3A91789D85F468685F9|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=February 1, 1962}}</ref>
+On January 29, 1962, Albert Gallo and six other crew members rescued six small children from an apartment filled with smoke by a mattress fire. None of the children or mobsters were injured.<ref name="saves children">{{cite news|title=Gallo Gang Saves 6 Children in Fire in Brooklyn Flat|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/02/01/94097169.pdf|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 1, 1962}}</ref>
-In 1963, with the conviction of two more Gallo crew members, both sides accepted a peace agreement brokered by [[Patriarca crime family]] boss [[Raymond L.S. Patriarca]]. The first war was over.
+In 1963, with the conviction of two more Gallo crew members, both sides accepted a peace agreement brokered by [[Patriarca crime family]] boss [[Raymond L.S. Patriarca]]. The first war was over, with the Profaci crime family becoming the [[Colombo crime family]].
 === Peacetime ===
-On January 8, 1965, Albert and Larry Gallo, along with 13 other crew members, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and were sentenced to six months in prison.<ref name="15 jailed">{{cite news|title=15 in Gallo Gang Jailed, 2 Others Fined|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F30D14F839581B728DDDA00894D9405B858AF1D3|accessdate=12 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 9, 1965}}</ref>
+On January 8, 1965, Albert and Larry Gallo, along with 13 other crew members, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and were sentenced to six months in prison.<ref name="15 jailed">{{cite news|title=15 in Gallo Gang Jailed, 2 Others Fined|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/09/118546220.pdf|access-date=12 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 9, 1965}}</ref>
-In 1966, New York City's Youth Board requested that Albert Gallo and his brothers help them lower racial tensions between white and [[African-American]] youths in the [[East New York]] and [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]] sections of Brooklyn. At one meeting with white youths, Albert Gallo sent a teenager sprawling for using a [[racial epithet]]. Brooklyn District Attorney Aaron Koota protested the use of the Gallo brothers, but New York Mayor [[John V. Lindsay]] defended the Youth Board's actions.<ref name="Kifner">{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40B1FFB3958107B93C5AB1783D85F428685F9|title=Lindsay Defends Gallo Peace Roll|last=Kifner|first=John|date=August 27, 1966|work=The New York Times|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref>
+In 1966, New York City's Youth Board requested that Albert Gallo and his brothers help them lower racial tensions between white and [[African-American]] youths in the [[East New York]] and [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]] sections of Brooklyn. At one meeting with white youths, Albert Gallo sent a teenager sprawling for using a [[racial epithet]]. Brooklyn District Attorney Aaron Koota protested the use of the Gallo brothers, but New York Mayor [[John V. Lindsay]] defended the Youth Board's actions.<ref name="Kifner">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/08/27/83545947.pdf|title=Lindsay Defends Gallo Peace Roll|last=Kifner|first=John|date=August 27, 1966|work=The New York Times|access-date=27 October 2010}}</ref>
-On October 24, 1967, Albert Gallo was indicted on charges related to a ticket cashing racket at [[Roosevelt Raceway (harness racing)|Roosevelt Raceway]] in [[Westbury, New York]].<ref name="gallo arrested">{{cite news|last=Silver|first=Roy R.|title=A Gallo Arrested in Coercion Case|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F70D16FA3558137A93C6AB178BD95F438685F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 24, 1967}}</ref>
+On October 24, 1967, Albert Gallo was indicted on charges related to a ticket cashing racket at [[Roosevelt Raceway (harness racing)|Roosevelt Raceway]] in [[Westbury, New York]].<ref name="gallo arrested">{{cite news|last=Silver|first=Roy R.|title=A Gallo Arrested in Coercion Case|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/10/24/90584024.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 24, 1967}}</ref>
-In May 1968, Larry Gallo died of cancer.<ref name="larry gallo">{{cite news|title=Larry Gallo Dies in Sleep at 41|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F20A10F739541B7B93CBA8178ED85F4C8685F9|accessdate=3 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 19, 1968}}</ref> Joe Gallo took control of the Gallo crew from prison.
+On May 16, 1968, Larry Gallo died of cancer.<ref name="larry gallo">{{cite news|title=Larry Gallo Dies in Sleep at 41|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/05/19/88949651.pdf|access-date=3 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 19, 1968}}</ref> Joe Gallo took control of the Gallo crew from prison.
 === Second Colombo War ===
-In 1971, Joe Gallo was released from prison. Later that year, boss [[Joseph Colombo]] was shot and paralyzed. Former Gallo crew member Carmine Persico now took control of the family through a series of front bosses. Convinced that the Gallos had killed Colombo, the Colombo leadership went after Joey Gallo.
+In 1971, Joe Gallo was released from prison. Later that year, boss [[Joseph Colombo]] was shot and paralyzed. Former Gallo crew member Carmine Persico now took control of the family through a series of front bosses. Convinced that the Gallos had tried to kill Colombo, the Colombo leadership went after Joey Gallo.
-On April 7, 1972, gunmen murdered Joey Gallo in Umberto's Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy, starting the Second Colombo War.<ref name="gallo's murder">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=Story of Joe Gallo's Murder|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20910FC3F5F117B93C1A9178ED85F468785F9|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 3, 1972}}</ref>  John "Mooney" Cutrone, a made man and close confidant of both Larry and Joey, was seen as Joey's logical successor. However, to maintain harmony in the crew, Cutrone supported Albert for capo. The untested and less experienced Albert now became boss of the Gallo crew.<ref name="kid brother" />
+On April 7, 1972, gunmen murdered Joey Gallo in Umberto's Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy, starting the Second Colombo War.<ref name="gallo's murder">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=Story of Joe Gallo's Murder|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/03/archives/story-of-joe-gallos-murder-5-in-colombo-gang-implicated-informant.html|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 3, 1972}}</ref>  John "Mooney" Cutrone, a made man and close confidant of both Larry and Joey, was seen as Joey's logical successor. However, to maintain harmony in the crew, Cutrone supported Albert for capo. The untested and less experienced Albert now became boss of the Gallo crew.<ref name="kid brother" />
-In August 1972, Albert Gallo learned that several members of the Colombo leadership, including Alphonse Persico (Carmine Persico's brother) and [[Gennaro Langella]] would be meeting at the Neapolitan Noodle restaurant on the [[Upper East Side]] of Manhattan. The Gallo crew hired a hitman from [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] to ambush and murder the Colombo leaders. However, at the restaurant, the confused hitman shot four innocent meat wholesalers instead of the mobsters. Two of his victims died.<ref name="key mafia" /><ref name="hunt pressed">{{cite news|last=Montgomery|first=Paul L|title=Hunt Pressed for Gunman Who Killed 3 in an Eastside Restaurant|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA061EF73E5E127A93C1A81783D85F468785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=August 13, 1972}}</ref>  In the following months, an uneasy truce prevailed between the Colombos and the Gallos.
+In August 1972, Albert Gallo learned that several members of the Colombo leadership, including Alphonse Persico (Carmine Persico's brother) and [[Gennaro Langella]] would be meeting at the Neapolitan Noodle restaurant on the [[Upper East Side]] of Manhattan. The Gallo crew hired a hitman from [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] to ambush and murder the Colombo leaders. However, at the restaurant, the confused hitman shot four innocent meat wholesalers instead of the mobsters. Two of his victims died.<ref name="key mafia" /><ref name="hunt pressed">{{cite news|last=Montgomery|first=Paul L|title=Hunt Pressed for Gunman Who Killed 3 in an Eastside Restaurant|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/08/13/91339899.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 13, 1972}}</ref>  In the following months, an uneasy truce prevailed between the Colombos and the Gallos.
 === Cutrone defection ===
 In 1974, the truce was shattered when Cutrone and his followers defected back to the Colombo family. Cutrone, Gerry Basciano, Sammy Zahralbam, and other Gallo members had become dissatisfied with their lack of income under Albert's leadership.
-Almost immediately, violence broke out between the Gallo and Cutrone factions. Gallo loyalist James Geritano [[wiretap]]ped Basciano's phone, allowing them to plan an ambush. On July 1, 1974, Basciano and Zahralbam were shot and wounded on a Brooklyn sidewalk, but escaped serious injury.<ref name="gallo reprisal">{{cite news|title=Gallo Reprisal Held Motive in Shooting|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F5081EFD3F5B1A7493C1A9178CD85F408785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 3, 1974}}</ref> On August 1974, the Cutrone faction shot and killed Gallo loyalist Stevie Cirillo while he was playing [[craps]] at a charity benefit in a Brooklyn [[synagogue]].<ref name="dice table">{{cite news|last=Kihss|first=Peter|title=Gallo Aide Slain at a Dice Table|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F30D1FFC3E5B1A7493C7A91783D85F408785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=August 5, 1974}}</ref>  On September 11, 1974, a [[sniper]] shot and seriously wounded Gallo loyalist [[Frank Illiano|Frank "Punchy" Illiano]], Albert's lieutenant, near the Gallo headquarters on President street.<ref name="brooklyn sniper">{{cite news|last=Treaster|first=Joseph B.|title=A Member of Gallo Gang Shot by Brooklyn Sniper|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FB0B13F93A551A7493C0A81782D85F408785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 12, 1974}}</ref>
+Almost immediately, violence broke out between the Gallo and Cutrone factions. Gallo loyalist James Geritano [[wiretap]]ped Basciano's phone, allowing them to plan an ambush. On July 1, 1974, Basciano and Zahralbam were shot and wounded on a Brooklyn sidewalk, but escaped serious injury.<ref name="gallo reprisal">{{cite news|title=Gallo Reprisal Held Motive in Shooting|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/07/03/79623876.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 3, 1974}}</ref> On August 1974, the Cutrone faction shot and killed Gallo loyalist Stevie Cirillo while he was playing [[craps]] at a charity benefit in a Brooklyn [[synagogue]].<ref name="dice table">{{cite news|last=Kihss|first=Peter|title=Gallo Aide Slain at a Dice Table|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/08/05/79632920.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 5, 1974}}</ref>  On September 11, 1974, a [[sniper]] shot and seriously wounded Gallo loyalist [[Frank Illiano|Frank "Punchy" Illiano]], Albert's lieutenant, near the Gallo headquarters on President street.<ref name="brooklyn sniper">{{cite news|last=Treaster|first=Joseph B.|title=A Member of Gallo Gang Shot by Brooklyn Sniper|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/09/12/79877548.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 12, 1974}}</ref>
 === Leaving the Colombo crime family ===
-In the autumn of 1974, the Mafia Commission intervened in the Gallo/Cutrone conflict. The family bosses believed that the violence was interfering with business and bringing public attention to their activities. The Commission negotiated an agreement under which Albert and his followers would join the crew of [[Vincent Gigante]], then a powerful capo in the [[Genovese Family]].<ref name=Capeci>{{cite book|last=Capeci|first=Jerry|title=The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia|year=2004|publisher=Alpha Books|location=Indianapolis, IN|isbn=1-59257-305-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhfExAeLSBAC&pg=PA225&lpg=PA225&dq=%22Albert+Gallo%22+Genovese&source=bl&ots=Wriku55K41&sig=TC__LwvET8y2tDvGSCNAuoaRsZ0&hl=en&ei=BIi9TrWvMsrr0gHfn6iyBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Albert%20Gallo%22%20Genovese&f=false|edition=2nd }}</ref>  Cutrone and his rebels would remain with the Colombo Family. Losing members, running out of money and virtually besieged in their President Street headquarters, the Gallo crew had no other choice.<ref name="gallo truce">{{cite news|last=Breasted|first=Mary|title=Gallo Factions Declare a Truce After a Series of Shootings|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50E1FF83D5B147B93C2A8178AD95F408785F9|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 10, 1974}}</ref>  The Second Colombo War was over.
+In the autumn of 1974, the Mafia Commission intervened in the Gallo/Cutrone conflict. The family bosses believed that the violence was interfering with business and bringing public attention to their activities. The Commission negotiated an agreement under which Albert and his followers would join the crew of [[Vincent Gigante]], then a powerful capo in the [[Genovese Family]].<ref name=Capeci>{{cite book|last=Capeci|first=Jerry|title=The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia|year=2004|publisher=Alpha Books|location=Indianapolis, IN|isbn=1-59257-305-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhfExAeLSBAC&q=%22Albert+Gallo%22+Genovese&pg=PA225|edition=2nd }}</ref>  Cutrone and his rebels would remain with the Colombo Family. Losing members, running out of money and virtually besieged in their President Street headquarters, the Gallo crew had no other choice.<ref name="gallo truce">{{cite news|last=Breasted|first=Mary|title=Gallo Factions Declare a Truce After a Series of Shootings|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/11/10/87606916.pdf|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 10, 1974}}</ref>  The Second Colombo War was over.
 In February 1976, the peace agreement was violated when a sniper fired two gunshots into the Gallo headquarters, slightly wounding crew member Steven Boriello. Now part of Genovese family, Albert immediately filed a formal protest to the Colombo leadership. The Colombo bosses responded by summoning Cutrone and Basciano to a "sitdown" to explain their actions. Neither man attended the meeting; they also ignored attempts by the Colombo leadership.<ref name="more killing" />
-At this point, the mob families lost patience with Cutrone and Basciano. On June 16, 1976, a gunman shot and killed Basciano while he was eating at a [[luncheonette]].<ref name="more killing">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=Colombo Family Seeking Peace in Classic Style By More Killing|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10B11FA395D1B758DDDAE0894D9415B868BF1D3|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 7, 1976}}</ref>  Cutrone went into hiding, but the Colombos convinced him that Basciano's death ended the problem. On October 5, 1976, a gunman shot and killed Cutrone while he was eating breakfast at a [[diner]].<ref name="more killing" /><ref name="cutrone killed">{{cite news|last=Perlmutter|first=Emanuel|title=Cutrone, Organized-Crime Figure, is Robbed and Killed in Brooklyn|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60B15FB395C137B93C4A9178BD95F428785F9|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 6, 1976}}</ref>  Revealingly, the Colombo family did not show any signs of displeasure at the killing of Cutrone, a made man.
+At this point, the mob families lost patience with Cutrone and Basciano. On June 16, 1976, a gunman shot and killed Basciano while he was eating at a [[luncheonette]].<ref name="more killing">{{cite news|last=Gage|first=Nicholas|title=Colombo Family Seeking Peace in Classic Style By More Killing|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/11/07/168044742.pdf|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 7, 1976}}</ref>  Cutrone went into hiding, but the Colombos convinced him that Basciano's death ended the problem. On October 5, 1976, a gunman shot and killed Cutrone while he was eating breakfast at a [[diner]].<ref name="more killing" /><ref name="cutrone killed">{{cite news|last=Perlmutter|first=Emanuel|title=Cutrone, Organized-Crime Figure, is Robbed and Killed in Brooklyn|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/10/06/80145345.pdf|access-date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 6, 1976}}</ref>  Revealingly, the Colombo family did not show any signs of displeasure at the killing of Cutrone, a made man.
 === Genovese crime family ===
-With all threats now extinguished, Albert peacefully rose through the ranks of the Genovese family, most likely being officially inducted into the New York Mafia in 1976 when the books were open once again after roughly 20 years. Currently, Albert Gallo is listed as an acting captain in Frank Illiano's crew, the long time friends acting as co-leaders of the crew.
+With all threats now extinguished, Gallo peacefully rose through the ranks of the Genovese family, most likely being officially inducted into the New York Mafia in 1976, when the books were open once again after roughly 20 years.
+Gallo is still listed as an acting captain. He is, however, retired, remaining a highly respected elder statesman.
-The crew is involved in loan sharking, bookmaking, extortion and protection rackets.
 == References ==
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 == Further reading ==
-* Raab, Selwyn. ''Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires.'' New York: St. Martin's Press 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8
+* Raab, Selwyn. ''Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires.'' New York: St. Martin's Press 2005. {{ISBN|0-312-30094-8}}
 == External links ==
-* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101720424-213669,00.html Blood in the Streets: Subculture of Violence]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012140549/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101720424-213669,00.html Blood in the Streets: Subculture of Violence]
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+[[Category:People from Red Hook, Brooklyn]]

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