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COSA NOSTRA NEWS EXCLUSIVE UPDATE TWO Matthew (Matty) Madonna is 84 and would be prime fodder for COVID-19, but he's also a longtime mobster who made it to the pinnacle of organized crime in New York City -- and in July of this year he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder. Yet only two months later and he's not in prison, according to the BOP inmate locator site. But a letter (see below) dated July 14 from Madonna's representatives at the law firm Dratel & Lewis (originally posted in the comment section courtesy of the New York Mafia website  staff) reports that Madonna is at the Westchester County Medical Center continuing to recover from a "serious" bout of COVID-19 that caused him to lose 40 pounds in a two-week period. Former Luchese mobster John Pennisi, who we've been writing about, told us, "I heard he had COVID--hope he didn’t pass away?" (No, John, apparently he's hanging in there....) As previously noted , imp...

US District Judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York Cathy Seibel recently received an update on the health of reputed Luchese crime family soldier Joseph (Joey Glasses) Datello, who will make an appearance in an upcoming story written with information from Luchese defector John Pennisi. Datello, 69, was hit with a 14-year prison sentence in 2019 after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, including the attempted murder of a witness. In the letter to Judge Seibel, defense attorney Theodore S. Green wrote: “Yesterday, Mr. Datello’s family was advised by email from a social worker at FCI Hazleton that Mr. Datello has been transferred to a hospital pending his transfer to a BOP medical facility. The family was advised in the email that the transfer was “because of his dementia” and that Mr. Datello does not have an active case of COVID-19. I have informed AUSA Scott Hartman of this development. “In the September 21, 2020, order...

COSA NOSTRA NEWS EXCLUSIVE This is the third story in a series based on information provided by former Luchese wiseguy John Pennisi. ... At some point in recent years -- probably when law enforcement started making arrests for the 2013 murder of a Luchese associate in the Bronx—“guys in the (Luchese) family’s Brooklyn crew started to discuss making a move," Pennisi said. Boss Vic Amuso and Gaspipe chat with capo Frank Lastorino Sr. Ever since official boss Vittorio (Vic) Amuso was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1992 following his conviction on 54 racketeering charges, including nine hits, he relied on wiseguys in acting positions and on a ruling panel to run the family for him. One man who was part of Amuso's ruling panel for years is Matthew (Matty) Madonna, who was made acting boss -- until he was nabbed for ordering the slaying of Micheal Meldish, the Luchese associate murdered in 2013 in the Bronx. (This year Madonna and three others were sentenced to life ...

FORMER GAMBINO UNDERBOSS SALVATORE (SAMMY THE BULL) GRAVANO: (We were told) that we weren’t allowed to deal junk, we weren’t allowed to kill with bombs , we weren’t allowed to violate one another’s wives or kids, we weren’t allowed to raise our hands to one another, and they skipped by a few other rules. They told us that you would be placed with a captain, and you’ll eventually be told all the rules .  Was Paul Castellano feeling lazy that day? Montage of John and Sammy pics... Gravano testified for nine days during Gambino boss John Gotti's trial in 1992. Only a year or two prior, in December 1990, Gravano-- along with Gotti and acting consiglieri Frank (Frankie Loc) Locascio-- were arrested at the Ravenite on murder and racketeering charges; Gravano flipped about 10 weeks before the trio was slated to go before the jury. In part two, Sammy the Bull is still under direct questioning by John Gleeson , the then assistant United States attorney ( who would go on to bigger and b...