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http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/30/nyregi...icted.html

 

MOB ROLE IN NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION DEPICTED

<span>Special to the New York Times </span>

Published: April 30, 1988

 

WASHINGTON, April 29— Organized crime controls 75 percent of the construction industry in New York City through its control over the concrete industry and construction unions, an admitted mob captain told Senators today.

Vincent (Fish) Cafaro, a former captain in the Genovese organized-crime family in New York, told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that the Mafia rigged contracting bids in the city by demanding a 2 percent kickback from winning bidders and their unions.

 

''Legitimate guys ain't got a chance,'' he said.

 

He explained that the system was arranged by the ''Two Percent Club,'' an organization run by some of New York's largest mob families: the Genoveses, Gambinos, Luccheses and Colombos. #25 Years After Valachi Mr. Cafaro was the last of several current and former mobsters to testify before the subcommittee, which is reviewing the status of organized crime 25 years after Joseph F. Valachi described to the panel the Mafia's vast criminal enterprises.

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