Perry Criscitelli
Perry Criscitelli (born 1950) is an American restaurant owner who is an alleged member of the Bonanno crime family. Criscitelli owns several restaurants and previously managed a popular city street festival.
In 1996, Criscitelli was selected as president of Figli di San Gennaro, the Feast of San Gennaro, an Italian street festival that takes place every September on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Manhattan. In 1995, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had threatened to close the festival because it was controlled by the Genovese crime family. Instead, he chose Criscitelli to run it because Criscitelli was supposedly not associated with organized crime.
However, during the 2004 trial of Bonanno crime family boss
On July 27, 2004, Criscitelli resigned as head of the Feast of
References
- ^ "Spaghetti Western" Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine by Tom Robbins The Village Voice January 17, 2006
- ^ "Man Testifies He Saw Leader of Street Fair Inducted Into Mafia" by MIKE McINTIRE New York Times July 27, 2004
- ^ San Gennaro Leader Quits" New York Times July 28, 2004
- ^ "Criscitelli Family Increases Its Power Grip on Little Italy" New York Magazine January 2009