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Gerard "Jerry" Chilli Former Staten Island resident and reputed Bonanno crime family capo Gerard "Jerry" Chilli died yesterday in Florida of cancer, according to Cosa Nostra News sources. Chilli, 81, was reportedly last living in Hollywood, Fla., based on news reports . He died of throat cancer, according to sources. "Cigars got him," said one former Bonanno crime family associate, who added that Chilli had been in the hospital for the last couple of months.

UPDATED Gambino soldier Joseph Sclafani caught a break a year ago, when he successfully got his prison sentence reduced. Joseph Sclafani  Now, according to a motion filed Monday , Jan. 18, in Brooklyn federal court, he's trying to get more time whacked off his sentence, perhaps as much as three years.  In January of 2015, Sclafani's original 2013 sentence of 15 years for drug trafficking was reduced by about a year. This was a result of changes made to sentencing guidelines. Now, however, his lawyer is arguing that Sclafani still was improperly sentenced last year and deserves more time off his sentence.

What is interesting about the Waterfront Commission case, to us anyway, is that it involves Mario Gallo , one of the three shooters convicted of murdering Costabile "Gus" Farace , who the New York mob sentenced to death for  killing undercover DEA agent Everett Hatcher . The killing of Hatcher in 1989 brought down such intense heat on the five families, it was decided that Farace needed to be killed and his body found. Mario Gallo was part of the hit team that killed "Gus" Farace. Gus was not alone on the night of his death; Joseph Sclafani was driving him. Sclafani himself was shot out of his shoes during the hit but survived. He was arrested once out of the hospital. It is because of Sclafani that  John Gotti   had ordered the deaths of the entire Farace hit team; Sclafani was the son of a trusted Gotti capo and was himself connected to the Gambino family, as well as former  Mob Wife   Ramona Rizzo  (she'd been engaged to Sclafani, un...