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- ↑ "Spaghetti Western" 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
