The Mob and the City (74 page)

nightlife in,
155
–
73

population,
27

demographic trends and immigration,
57
–
58

Irish population,
100
–
101

Jewish population,
102
–
103

Sicilian immigrants in the workforce,
103
–
106

Port of New York,
18
–
19
,
20
–
22
,
23
–
27
,
130

during Prohibition,
41
–
67

unemployment rate,
178

See also
specific areas and neighborhoods, i.e., Bronx, Harlem, Manhattan, Staten Island, etc.,

New York City Fire Commissioner,
34
–
35

New York City Police Department (NYPD),
41
–
44
,
48
,
53
,
61
,
86
,
87
,
135
,
144
,
167
,
172
,
207
,
215
,
229
,
235
,
236
,
242
–
44
,
245
,
246

and corruption,
21
,
35
–
36
,
146
–
47
,
172
,
208
–
209

New York Clearing House,
66

New York Daily News
(newspaper),
172

New York Evening Telegram
,
41

New York Municipal Archives,
245

New York State Appellate Division,
208

New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC),
160
,
165
,
240

New York State Commission of Investigations,
120
,
267
,
268
,
269
,
273

New York State Crime Commission,
127
,
267
,
268

New York State Department of Commerce,
17

New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Crime,
210

New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA),
51
–
52
,
156
,
167
,
168
,
169

New York State Organized Crime Task Force,
59

New York State Police,
216
,
249
–
51
,
256
–
57
,
263
,
270
–
71

Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI),
254
,
268

New York Times
(newspaper),
88
,
146
,
219
,
247
,
269

Night of the Sicilian Vespers,
93

Nobile, George,
151
,
203

Noel, Terry,
170

Norris, James,
165
,
166

numbers lottery.
See
gambling

Nuova Villa Tammaro (restaurant),
86
,
88
–
89

Nutt, Levi,
146

NYPD.
See
New York City Police Department (NYPD)

NYSAC.
See
New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC)

NYSLA.
See
New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA)

Octopus: How the Long Reach of the Sicilian Mafia Controls the Global Narcotics Trade
(Sterling),
140
–
41

O'Dwyer, William, (“Bill”),
22
,
112
,
120

Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover
(Summers),
216

Ofrica, Sebastian,
203

Oliveto, Dominick,
258
,
280

omertà
, Mafia code of silence,
196
–
98
,
274

181 Club (gay nightclub),
169
,
170
,
171

On the Waterfront
(film),
20

Onxy (night club),
157

Orchid Room (tavern),
189

Orlando, Lorenzo,
151

Ormento, John (“Big John”),
132
,
137
–
38
,
145
,
152
,
259
,
272
,
278

Orsi, Robert,
59
,
103

Orsini, Joseph,
141
–
42

Orzo, Theodore,
152

Osticco, James,
268
,
280

Pacella, Louis,
203

Pagano, Joseph,
203

Pagano, Pasquale,
204

Pagano, Pat,
170

Pagliarelli Family,
197

Palermo, Frank (“Blinky”),
158
,
160
,
162
,
163
,
164
,
165
,
166

Palermo, Sicily,
24
,
44
,
72
,
75
,
140
,
234

Palmer, A. Mitchell,
217

Palmotto, Nicholas,
184

Panebianco, Vincent,
152

Panica, Vic,
205

Panto, Peter,
110
–
13
,
247

Paoli, Orlando,
152

Papa, Vincent (“Vinnie Papa”),
147
,
152

Pappadia, Andinno,
152
,
205

Paramount Vending (company),
228

Parisi, Joe,
120
,
121
–
22

Parker, Charlie (“Bird”),
157

Park Sheraton Hotel,
240
,
245
,
246

Parkway Motel,
254
,
255
,
265
,
266

Parrino, Sam,
78

Parsons, Freddie,
139

Parssinen, Terry,
140

Pascale, Pete,
59

Pastor, Tony,
168
–
69

Patriarca, Raymond (“Ray”),
179
–
80
,
259

Patriarca Family,
159
,
238
,
259

Paul Kelly Association,
23

Peck, Charles,
276

Pecoraro, Michael,
201

Peloso, Anthony,
152

Pennochio, Thomas (“The Bull”),
132
,
152

People against Benedict Macri
,
118

Perillo, Armando,
152

Perrano, Joseph,
82

Perretti, Joseph,
152

Perretti, Peter,
152

Perri, Rocco,
143

Persico, Carmine,
204

Petillo, David,
167
,
204

Petrilli, Dominick (“The Gap”),
134
,
152
,
197

Petrone, John,
200

Pettigrew, Nat,
139