Carmine Romano
Mob control of Fulton Fish Market
Beginning in the 1920s, the Fulton Fish Market had been controlled by mobsters. Unloading crews would extort "parking fees" and kickbacks from out of town fish companies. If a company refused to pay, the unloaders would let the fish spoil. Mob employees and mob-controlled companies received special benefits. The Market’s security force operated a protection racket for retail shops and vehicles located on the margins of the Market waterfront. Two of Romano's top soldiers would become powerful captains in their own right sharing the Fish Market, Rosario Gangi and Alphonse "Allie Shades" Malangone Across the street from the Fish Market was Carmine's Restaurant, which was owned by Carmine's uncle. Upstairs from the dining room was Romano's headquarters for operations at the Fish Market. He was the brother of Vincent and Peter Romano and the cousin of Genovese mobster, Augie Cataldo, also involved with the Fulton Fish Market and owner of Grampas Comedy Club of Staten Island. Augie spent 10 years in prison for racketeering, gambling, extortion and is currently Captain of the Genovese crime family. Augie Cataldo father of Pete "Scarface" Cataldo, Genovese soldier who runs part of Local 731 Laborers Union located in New York.
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