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Westies

Index Westies

The Westies were a New York City-based Irish American organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 56 relations: American Mafia, Anthony Salerno, Associated Press, Blue-collar worker, Boško Radonjić, Bookmaker, Contract killing, Daniel Marino, Deutsche Bank Center, Edward Cummiskey, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gambino crime family, Gambling, Genovese crime family, Gopher Gang, Hearst Tower (Manhattan), Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hughie Mulligan, Illegal drug trade, Irish Americans, Irish Americans in New York City, Irish Mob, James Coonan, James McElroy, Javits Center, Joe Watts, John Gotti, Jury tampering, Justia, List of American mobsters of Irish descent, Loan shark, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, Mickey Featherstone, Mickey Spillane (mobster), New Jersey, New York City, New York City Police Department, New York Coliseum, New York Post, Numbers game, Organized crime, Paul Castellano, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Racketeering, Roy DeMeo, Rudy Giuliani, Sammy Gravano, T. J. English, Teamster, ... Expand index (6 more) »

  2. 1960s establishments in New York City
  3. 1988 disestablishments in New York (state)
  4. Irish-American organized crime groups
  5. Organizations disestablished in 1988
  6. Organizations established in the 1960s
  7. Westies (New York gang)

American Mafia

The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group.

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Anthony Salerno

Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno (August 15, 1911 – July 27, 1992) was an American mobster who served as underboss and front boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 until his conviction in 1986.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Blue-collar worker

A blue-collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor or skilled trades.

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Boško Radonjić

Boško Radonjić (17 May 194331 March 2011) was a Serbian mobster, former leader of the Westies, a predominantly Irish-American gang based in New York's Hell's Kitchen. Westies and Boško Radonjić are Westies (New York gang).

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Bookmaker

A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.

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Contract killing

Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people.

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Daniel Marino

Daniel Marino (born October 7, 1940) is an Italian American mobster and member of the Gambino crime family.

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Deutsche Bank Center

Deutsche Bank Center (also known as One Columbus Circle and formerly the Time Warner Center) is a mixed-use building on Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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Edward Cummiskey

Edward "Eddie The Butcher" Cummiskey Jr. (1934, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan - August 20, 1976, Chelsea, Manhattan) was a New York mobster who served as a mentor to Jimmy Coonan, leader of the Westies. Westies and Edward Cummiskey are Westies (New York gang).

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Gambino crime family

The Gambino crime family (pronounced) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.

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Gambling

Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted.

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Genovese crime family

The Genovese crime family, also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia.

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Gopher Gang

The Gopher Gang was an early 20th-century New York street gang who counted among its members Goo Goo Knox, James "Biff" Ellison, and Owney Madden, born in England of Irish ancestry. Westies and Gopher Gang are former gangs in New York City and Irish-American culture in New York City.

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Hearst Tower (Manhattan)

The Hearst Tower is a building at the southwest corner of 57th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States.

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Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

Hell's Kitchen, formerly also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Westies and Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan are Irish-American culture in New York City.

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Hughie Mulligan

Hughie Mulligan (died 1973) was a New York mobster and bookmaker who headed criminal activities of the "Irish Mob" in Hell's Kitchen during the 1950s. Westies and Hughie Mulligan are Westies (New York gang).

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Illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade, drug trafficking, or narcotrafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens.

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Irish Americans in New York City

The Irish community is one of New York City's major and important ethnic groups, and has been a significant proportion of the city's population since the waves of immigration in the late 19th century. Westies and Irish Americans in New York City are Irish-American culture in New York City.

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Irish Mob

The Irish Mob (also known as the Irish mafia or Irish organized crime) is a usually crime family–based ethnic collective of organized crime syndicates composed of primarily ethnic Irish members which operate primarily in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, and have been in existence since the early 19th century.

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James Coonan

James Michael Coonan (born December 21, 1946) is an American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who served as the boss of the Westies gang, an Irish mob group based in Hell's Kitchen, from approximately 1977 to 1988. Westies and James Coonan are Westies (New York gang).

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James McElroy

James "Jimmy Mac" McElroy (1945 – 2011) was an Irish American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who was an enforcer for The Westies, a criminal organization that operated out of Hell's Kitchen. Westies and James McElroy are Westies (New York gang).

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Javits Center

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.

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Joe Watts

Joseph Watts (born 1942) also known as "The German" is an associate of the Gambino crime family.

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John Gotti

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Jury tampering

Jury tampering is the crime of unduly attempting to influence the composition or decisions of a jury during the course of a trial.

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Justia

Justia is an American website specializing in legal information retrieval.

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List of American mobsters of Irish descent

This is a list of Irish-American mobsters which includes organized crime figures of predominantly Irish-American criminal organizations or individual mobsters from the early 1900s to the present.

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Loan shark

A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Mickey Featherstone

Francis T. "Mickey" Featherstone (born September 2, 1948) is an American former mobster and the second in command of the Westies, an organized crime syndicate from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, led by James Coonan. Westies and Mickey Featherstone are Westies (New York gang).

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Mickey Spillane (mobster)

Michael J. Spillane (July 13, 1933 – May 13, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Westies and Mickey Spillane (mobster) are Westies (New York gang).

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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New York Coliseum

The New York Coliseum was a convention center that stood at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, from 1956 to 2000.

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New York Post

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.

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Numbers game

The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the Italian lottery, Mafia lottery or the daily number, is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working-class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day.

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Organized crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.

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Paul Castellano

Constantino Paul Castellano (June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985) was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family of New York City.

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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.

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Racketeering

Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the perpetrators set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit.

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Roy DeMeo

Roy Albert DeMeo (September 7, 1940 – January 10, 1983) was an American mobster in the Gambino crime family in New York City.

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Rudy Giuliani

Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.

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Sammy Gravano

Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) is an American former mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Gambino crime family.

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T. J. English

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Teamster

A teamster in American English is a truck driver; a person who drives teams of draft animals; or a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a labor union.

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Thanksgiving (United States)

Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

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The Commission (American Mafia)

The Commission is the governing body of the American Mafia, formed in 1931 by Charles "Lucky" Luciano following the Castellammarese War.

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Thomas Kapatos

Thomas Kapatos (January 1, 1915 – January 22, 1977), nicknamed as "Tommy the Greek", was a Greek-American gangster who was associated with the Irish mob in New York City. Westies and Thomas Kapatos are Westies (New York gang).

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Tom Devaney

Tom Devaney (died July 20, 1976) was a New York mobster and an enforcer to Mickey Spillane during the 1960s and 70s. Westies and tom Devaney are Westies (New York gang).

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United States Customs Service

The United States Customs Service was a federal law enforcement agency of the U.S. federal government.

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Woodside, Queens

Woodside is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of Queens in New York City.

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See also

1960s establishments in New York City

1988 disestablishments in New York (state)

Irish-American organized crime groups

Organizations disestablished in 1988

Organizations established in the 1960s

Westies (New York gang)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westies

Also known as The Westies.

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