Relations With The Crime Families in New York City
The Velentzas family has had very good relations with the Lucchese crime family, which offered protection in return for a percentage of the gambling profits. The other Mafia families of New York City have kept out of the Greek business and generally do not see them as a threat. However, there were attempts by some of the family members to expand business into Gambino crime family territory, but operations ended and receded back to Greek areas after warning from the Gambinos. As one Italian mobster was said to have stated, those "... Greeks know the game so damn good they'd cheat us blind."
On August 3, 2001, members of the Albanian Rudaj Organization attacked Greek associates of the Lucchese crime family. The brief fight was over controlling gambling rackets in Astoria, Queens. The Rudaj Organization held on to this territory until 2004, when most of the leaders were convicted of racketeering.
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