Lifelong Brooklynite Frank Dimatteo had a front-row seat to some of the most violent times in Red Hook's history. Growing up ...

“The Italian takeover of the piers was inevitable.” DiMatteo has written numerous books on the mafia and crime in New York. He said he wanted to be a gangster for as long as he could remembe ...

Among the five boroughs of New York City, Red Hook had the worst percentage ... wrote in ‘Red Hook – Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero' (Citadel), which he has co-authored with Michael Benson.

Evidence found at the scene of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson assassination point to a possible message left behind by ...

The call for help comes as lake effect snow heads into the Buffalo area for Sunday night’s game against the San Francisco ...

Jason Maldonado, also known as "Dia Billo," and his wife were struck by a pickup truck in Texas. He survived. She died.

A police press release said two local politicians were also arrested, and that $1.89 million had been seized in the operation.

Buffalo's fifth-straight division title was secured in the snow in an atmosphere few places in the league can provide.

This naturally attracts society’s underbelly, and as a youngster growing up there in the 60s, for Frank Dimatteo that meant the Mafia ... delinquency in New York City’s five boroughs.