New York City Mafia War May Be On As Francesco Cali, Reputed Gambino Family Boss, Is ‘Hit’ Outside His House

For the first time since 1985, the reputed boss of a major New York City mafia crime family has been assassinated, as 53-year-old Francesco Cali was gunned down outside his home on Staten Island on Wednesday night, The New York Times reported. Cali, believed by law enforcement authorities to have been the boss of the Gambino Mafia family, was shot six times at about 9:20 p.m. outside his house at 25 Hilltop Terrace in Staten Island’s Todt Hill neighborhood.

Todt Hill was also home to a previous Gambino family boss, Paul Castellano, who was the last New York City “La Cosa Nostra” boss to be killed. Castellano was shot dead outside the Sparks Steak House restaurant on East 46th Street in Manhattan on December 16, 1985, on the orders of one of his top underlings, John Gotti, according to a New York Times account. Gotti then took over the Gambino family as boss until he was convicted of the murder in 1992.

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