Editor’s note: A version of this story was originally published in 2017. It has been updated by Mattea Vecera.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Over the years, Staten Island has seen its share of mob incidents.
From the lavish Todt Hill home of real-life “Godfather” Paul Castellano to the early careers of John Gotti and Lucky Luciano, here are the borough’s most notorious cases.
Staten Island’s real-life ‘godfather’ Paul Castellano shot dead
Paul “Big Paul” Castellano, reputed boss of the nation’s most powerful Mafia family, was gunned down along with his driver-bodyguard, Thomas “Tommy” Bilotti, outside a Manhattan steakhouse on Dec. 16, 1985…