Frank DeCicco
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Frank DeCicco (1935 - April 13, 1986) was a New York mobster and member of the Gambino crime family. DeCicco became a made "soldier" sometime in the late 1970s-early 1980s, and was very close to then boss Paul Castellano.
DeCicco was heavily involved in the labor rackets, specifically in Teamsters Local 282, which had jurisdiction over the entire concrete pouring industry, and had the ability to shut down the city's construction industy. DeCicco installed many Gambinos into the Local, such as Salvatore Gravano, Michael DiLeonardo, Louis "Big Louie" Vallario, Frank Fappiano, and Liborio Milito. DeCicco was responsible for delivering payoffs from the union's bosses such as John Cody and Robert Sasso to the Gambino administration, and would often attend meetings at Big Paul's Todt Hill, Staten Island mansion, known as the White House.
DeCicco would eventually disavow his loyalty from Castellano, and along with John Gotti, Joseph Armone, Salvatore Gravano, and Frank Locascio plot their boss's death. On December 16, 1985, Big Paul Castellano and his newly appointed underboss Thomas Bilotti were shot to death while exiting their Lincoln Towncar outside of Sparks Steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan. The two men were supposed to be meeting with Frank DeCicco, who had set up his boss for the assassination.
Soon after Castellano's death, John Gotti would be the newly appointed family godfather and would reward DeCicco by making him his underboss, who would oversee all of the "white collar" rackets that once belonged to the Castellano faction of the family.
On April 13, 1986, while approaching his car after leaving a meeting at the Veterans & Friends Social Club on 86th St. in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, DeCicco was killed by a car bomb explosion. Walking with DeCicco was Lucchese crime family soldier Frank "Frankie Hearts" Bellino, who lost several toes due to the bomb blast. John Gotti had also been expected to get into the car and die from the explosion. Turncoats and informants would later reveal that the order for the hit came from Genovese crime family boss Vincent Gigante, who did not like Gotti or approve of him killing a boss without Commission approval. Gigante and Lucchese leaders Vittorio Amuso and Anthony Casso hatched the bomb plot at a sitdown in Manhattan.
