The reputed Colombo crime family underboss with local roots, John “Sonny” Franzese, passed away this week “of natural causes at a nursing home in NY” at the age of 103, according the NY Post.
Franzese was raised at 346 Leonard St. and was recruited into the life of organized crime at a young age, leading to his alleged involvement in the murder of dozens of people. Prior to his release in…
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Bottom line he was an unrepentant hard core criminal, an aberration re the countless number of hard working Italian immigrants who helped make Greenpoint/Williamsburg and the rest of NYC, the great city it is today. Glad to see his son went straight assuming the story is true.
It is very similar to the murderous Mexican drug lords who are an aberration re the tremendous hard working Mexican immigrants who keep our city going and do the jobs nobody else wants to do.
Ditto for all other immigrant groups.