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Longtime Genovese family powerhouse Anthony (Tough Tony) Federici, who ran a landmark Queens-based Italian restaurant, died this morning of natural causes, sources tell Cosa Nostra News . Still from YouTube interview with Tough Tony Federici. While the elusive Federici long claimed he was retired from the position of capo in the nation's most powerful Mafia clan, the Genovese crime family, sources say Tough Tony, aka Tony Park Side, was part of the Genovese crime family's formal hierarchy, holding the position of official consiglieri, at the time of his death. Prior, he'd been acting underboss of the crime family. Federici, who remarkably appeared in several YouTube video interviews about six years ago (three of which are posted below), was the longtime owner of Park Side Restaurant, a popular Italian restaurant located in the heart of Corona, Queens that his parents opened in 1960 under a different name. And, despite the incessant denials, Federici was a power in the Genov...

B ottom line here is: I'm going to visit Park Side Restaurant one night, and so should you. The food is something else, I've heard. Talking Turkey: Tony Park Side. The convicted owner of a trendy Harlem eatery borrowed money from an elusive (and supposedly retired) capo in the nation's most powerful Mafia clan, the Genovese crime family. This was revealed in a report about an FBI affidavit that details the loan. Specifically, Hamilton Peralta, the convicted former owner of the now-closed Hudson River Cafe, borrowed $100,000 from Anthony (Tough Tony) Federici. A source sent us the report, as well as unrelated YouTube links to interviews with Federici, who -- quite remarkably ---- sat down for several and  candidly discussed memories of his parents, his Park Side Restaurant, and his Corona, Queens, neighborhood. In another he offers a tour of his restaurant, which once had a boxing ring in the basement, according to Federici. One topic  never  mentio...