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| L to R: J. Giardina Jr., L. Giardina, S. Giardina 1960s |
Joseph Giardina was a made member of the Gambino Family's Traina crew.
His sons Salvatore 'Teddy' (1921-2018), Louis 'Red' (1924-2012) and Joseph Jr. (1933-2014) were also members.
Joseph was born February 17, 1896 in Mussomeli comune of Caltanissetta, Sicily.
On May 25, 1912 arrived at Port of New York aboard S.S. San Giorgio. Destined for older brother Louis (27y) at 229 Elizabeth St in Little Italy, Manhattan.
By 1918 resided at 7 Prince St in Little Italy and worked as a hod carrier.
Around 1919 married Maria Sorce (25y). Bride's parents Salvatore and Giuseppina Catania from Mussomeli. (There may be a relation to New Jersey based Gambino Soldier Pietro Sorce [1904-1988].)
Emanuel aka 'Manny', the first of four sons, was born in January 1920.
Joseph was naturalized that October.
Salvatore was born September of the following year.
Louis was born May 1924.
By April 1930 the family moved to 1865 Cropsey Ave in Bath Beach, Brooklyn.
His sons Salvatore 'Teddy' (1921-2018), Louis 'Red' (1924-2012) and Joseph Jr. (1933-2014) were also members.
Joseph was born February 17, 1896 in Mussomeli comune of Caltanissetta, Sicily.
On May 25, 1912 arrived at Port of New York aboard S.S. San Giorgio. Destined for older brother Louis (27y) at 229 Elizabeth St in Little Italy, Manhattan.
By 1918 resided at 7 Prince St in Little Italy and worked as a hod carrier.
Around 1919 married Maria Sorce (25y). Bride's parents Salvatore and Giuseppina Catania from Mussomeli. (There may be a relation to New Jersey based Gambino Soldier Pietro Sorce [1904-1988].)
Emanuel aka 'Manny', the first of four sons, was born in January 1920.
Joseph was naturalized that October.
Salvatore was born September of the following year.
Louis was born May 1924.
By April 1930 the family moved to 1865 Cropsey Ave in Bath Beach, Brooklyn.
Joseph, likely already a Gambino member, listed his occupation as union delegate.
Joseph Jr. was born September 1933.
By 1942 Joseph Sr. served as Business Agent for Mason Tenders Local 23.
Salvatore and Louis worked for the Precision Company at 16 W 22nd St in Manhattan's Flatiron District.
In Early 1943 Louis joined the Army and served in the China Burma India (CBI) Theater, being awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations Ribbon and the Bronze Battle Star. After his October 1945 discharge he joined his father at Local 23 and was Business Agent within a year.
The local's headquarters was soon moved around the corner from 26 Prince to 238 Mott St.
By 1948 Joseph Sr. was the Local's President and Business Agent.
In the Fall of 1949 Louis moved a couple of blocks away to 8900 18th Ave.
Joseph Jr. was born September 1933.
By 1942 Joseph Sr. served as Business Agent for Mason Tenders Local 23.
Salvatore and Louis worked for the Precision Company at 16 W 22nd St in Manhattan's Flatiron District.
In Early 1943 Louis joined the Army and served in the China Burma India (CBI) Theater, being awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations Ribbon and the Bronze Battle Star. After his October 1945 discharge he joined his father at Local 23 and was Business Agent within a year.
The local's headquarters was soon moved around the corner from 26 Prince to 238 Mott St.
By 1948 Joseph Sr. was the Local's President and Business Agent.
In the Fall of 1949 Louis moved a couple of blocks away to 8900 18th Ave.
1950s - Gambino Membership
As of April 1950 Salvatore and his wife remained at the Giardina family home on Cropsey Ave. Listing his occupation as mechanic / oil burner, he and a partner established their own company, F & G, in 1947.
In early October 1955 Joseph Sr.'s oldest son Emanuel 'Manny' Giardina, a New York City court interpreter, died and was waked at Daniel George & Son Funeral Home in in Bath Beach.
By 1958 the three surviving brothers had followed their father into the Gambino Family and were reporting to Captain Joseph Traina.
In early October 1955 Joseph Sr.'s oldest son Emanuel 'Manny' Giardina, a New York City court interpreter, died and was waked at Daniel George & Son Funeral Home in in Bath Beach.
By 1958 the three surviving brothers had followed their father into the Gambino Family and were reporting to Captain Joseph Traina.
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| J. Traina FBN Mafia Book |
Made members under Traina included Vincent 'Jimmy' Amato, Louis 'Fat Louie' D'Agostino (Traina's step-brother), Pietro 'Little Pete Lombardo' Giallombardo, Joseph Giardina and his sons Joseph Jr., Louis 'Red' and Salvatore 'Teddy' Giardina, Philip LiCastri, Vincent LiCastri (Philip's son), Angelo Mannino and his son Samuel Mannino, Paul 'Whitey' SanFilippo, Vincent 'Jimmy' Sarullo, Salvatore 'Sam' Tirone and Mario 'Red' Traina (Joseph's son).
Possible crew members included Charles LiCastri (another of Philip's sons) and Paul SanFilippo's father Joseph.
All of the known Traina crew members from the time period were Sicilian. The majority traced their origins to Palermo, either the city itself (Amato) or neighboring communes Marineo (the LiCastris), Torretta (the Manninos) or, like Traina, Belmonte Mezzagno (Giallombardo).
Non-Palermitani who reported to Traina included the Giardinas from Mussomeli in Caltanissetta, the SanFilippos from Sciacca and Vincent Sarullo, as yet the only known New York based member from Ribera, Agrigento not with the DeCavalcantes.
Possible crew members included Charles LiCastri (another of Philip's sons) and Paul SanFilippo's father Joseph.
All of the known Traina crew members from the time period were Sicilian. The majority traced their origins to Palermo, either the city itself (Amato) or neighboring communes Marineo (the LiCastris), Torretta (the Manninos) or, like Traina, Belmonte Mezzagno (Giallombardo).
Non-Palermitani who reported to Traina included the Giardinas from Mussomeli in Caltanissetta, the SanFilippos from Sciacca and Vincent Sarullo, as yet the only known New York based member from Ribera, Agrigento not with the DeCavalcantes.
1960s
Around 1962 Salvatore left Brooklyn for Staten Island, settling in the Todt Hill neighborhood. He obtained his master plumber's license soon after.
The Giardinas first came to the attention of the FBI in late March 1963. CI Alfred Santantonio, a Gambino Soldier, had previously identified Giuseppe Traina as a Captain with approximately forty men underneath him.
On March 29 he identified 'Louis Giordano' and his two brothers, names unknown, as Gambino Soldiers under Traina. (The father wasn't mentioned.)
Santantonio, who told Agents he could identify additional members of the Family's various crews if they brought him photographs, was murdered that July inside his Bath Beach florist.
In September the FBI opened an investigation on Louis, then living at 8820 15th Ave and serving as Local 23 Business Representative. (Files weren't opened on the other two brothers until July 1965 and on Joseph Sr. until November 1970.)
On April 24, 1964 FBI CI reported: "[Local 23] is actually controlled by Louis Giardano (ph). He stated that Giardano is a 'button' in the Genovese Family. He stated prior to the disappearance of Tony Bender, Bender was Giardano's 'Rabbi', but now Giardano controls the union without help from any hoodlums." (This is not the only informant report identifying the Giardinas as Genovese members. Anthony 'Tony Bender' Strollo was a former Genovese Captain and Acting Admin member who disappeared in April 1962.)
On June 11, 1964 FBI Agents interviewed Louis, possibly at Local 23's new location in Union Square: "...Giardina stated that his local has 2500 members and is the largest Mason Tenders Union in the United States...Giardina resides with his family at 88-20 15th Avenue, Brooklyn. He stated this is a duplex dwelling, and his parents, Joseph and Mary, reside in the other half of this dwelling. Giardina stated he has no sisters, and he has [a brother Salvatore] and a brother Joseph Jr., age 31, who is his assistant at the [local]. Giardina stated that the only organizations he belongs to are the Veterans of the Foreign Wars and the Racing Pigeon Association of America. Giardina stated that raising and training racing pigeons has been his hobby all of his adult life. Giardina stated that he has no knowledge of organized crime, and he has never been associated with any type of organized crime."
On August 18, 1964 FBI CI reported: "[CI] was contacted re Louis Giardina, Business Representative of Local 23 [and] advised that Local 23 is a local of the International Hod Carriers Union and this International puts out a monthly publication called 'The Laborer'. [CI] could not state definitely whether Giardina's photograph has appeared in this publication but would be alert to any further photographs of this individual." Agents eventually obtained photos of Louis and his brothers through surveillance / concealed camera (see top).
On September 18, 1964 FBI CI reported: "[CI] stated that he is not personally acquainted with Louis Giardina but he has observed Giardina with his father at a number of functions to which both Giardina and [CI] have gone. [He] pointed out that Giardina's local [redacted]...Giardina has been invariably seen in the company of his father at all of these functions and it is [CI]'s impression that the father still 'keeps his hand in' Local 23 matters. It is also [CI]'s impression that Louis Giardina was handpicked by his father to replace the father as head of Local 23."
On November 5, 1964 FBI CI reported: "[CI] was asked as to what additional information he could furnish re Louis Giardina, head of Local 23 [and] stated that he was certain Giardina had been 'made' in 1958 [redacted]...Giardina was probably in the Gambino Family, while not certain of whose 'regime' he was under, he thought Giardina was under Arthur Leo." (Arthur Leo [1924-1965] was made Captain over a portion of Vincent 'Jimmy Jerome' Squillante's crew after the latter disappeared in 1960. After Leo's death his regime, active primarily in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Astoria, Queens, was taken over by Anthony 'Tony Baker' Napolitano [1900-1992].)
By Summer 1965 Joseph Jr. was Local 23's Business Agent.
On December 14, 1965 Salvatore was interviewed. After providing biographical details on himself and his family he was questioned concerning LCN: "...He stated that he has had no contact with anyone with a criminal record to his knowledge with the exception of [redacted section]. He stated, otherwise, he can recall meeting no one whom he believes to have a hoodlum background. He claimed he does not gamble and his job requires his entire time, his working hours usually being from 9:00 AM to 6:00 or 7:00 PM, and his evenings are spent in preparing estimates and other related work. He noted that his firm does a large amount of business with the City of New York, and there is usually a tremendous amount of paper work to be done with this type of contract. He denied he has ever been arrested, and further denied he was acquainted with Carlo Gambino."
The following day an informant reported: "[Redacted] has a brother, Louis Giardina, who is connected with Thomas Lucchese and who is a delegate or Treasurer in a Manhattan construction union."
On January 31, 1966 FBI reported: "Personal observation of [Joseph Giardina Jr.] made in connection with another investigation during the Spring of 1965, determined that he spent most of the work day at the offices of Local 23...[While] under observation departed home normally at about 10:00 AM [in] the company of his father and brother, Louis. He departed the office about 5:15 PM and traveled in the company of his father and brother. Automobiles used for this travel are registered to Local 23 and are kept either in the driveway of his residence of nearby on the street."
The same year an informant stated that 'Sal' Giardina (believed referring to Joseph Sr.) had two unidentified Local 23 officers murdered, 'then moved in and took the union'. (The FBI investigated and as of 1971 uncovered no evidence supporting the claim.)
In September 1968 Joseph and his sons were included in the FBI's list of 205 identified Gambino Family members.
The following month FBI CI reported: "Joseph Giardina and his sons, Salvatore, Louis and Joseph Jr., are all members of the LCN in the Genovese Family under Gaetano Greco alias Tommy Palmer." (The informant may be confusing the Gambino members with another set of Giardinas who, like 'Tommy Palmer' Greco, were from Messina.)
Joseph Traina was by this point retired as Gambino Captain and had been succeeded by son Mario.
1970s
By Fall 1970 Joseph Sr., in addition to being Local 23's President, was Secretary-Treasurer and overseer of the union's Welfare and Pension Fund.
On December 22, 1970 the FBI's New York Office reported: "[Review] of the records of [Department of Labor] indicated bank records of Joseph Giardina Sr., President of Local 23, and Louis Giardina, Business Manager of Local 23, obtained deposits and withdrawals (5 figures). Copies of these records were turned over to [Federal] Strike Force. It was also noted that during the investigation payments to and on behalf of the three Giardinas were unusually high in relation to total receipts of the union, however, their salaries were duly approved by the membership."
On September 7, 1971 FBI CI reported: "[CI] advised he has no information that Salvatore Giardina is involved in any illegal activities at this time."
Joseph Sr. died December 21, 1972 at St. Vincent's Hospital and was waked at Daniel George & Son in Bath Beach.
In October 1977 Salvatore Giardina submitted a FOIA request on himself through his attorney. (He's not the only made member to do so. Colombo Captain John 'Sonny' Franzese and Bonanno Captain Philip 'Phil Lucky' Giaccone likewise had their attorneys file requests in 1975 and 1980 respectively. Future Bonanno Boss Joseph Massino did the same in June 1978, about a year after he was made.)
1980s + Louis Convicted
On July 16, 1980 FBI CI reported: "[CI] advised [Redacted] recently completed a deal with Louis Giardina, Mason Tenders Local 23, NYC, wherein [Redacted] provided a [redacted] also involved a local union located on First Ave, NYC, which is controlled by the Genovese LCN Family. [CI] advised as a result of the arrangement between [Redacted] and Giardina, Giardina and an unknown individual at the other local received a kickback of $100,000 each."
In November 1980 Louis attended the wedding reception for Sicilian Mafia Member Giuseppe Bono in Manhattan. Many members from New York and New Jersey, as well as from Canada, Sicily and South America, were present. During the reception Giardina was photographed at a table with Gambino Soldiers (and Traina crew members) Charles LiCastri, Joseph Marino and Vincent Sarullo, Gambino Soldier (and Fatico crew member) Anthony 'Tony Lee' Guerrieri and Gambino Associate Salvatore Reale. (Photograph posted and subsequent identifications made on The Black Hand Forum.)
In mid-February 1981 Louis traveled to Florida for an AFL -CIO convention.
Around 1981 Gambino Associate Frank Fappiano obtained employment with Local 23 through Gambino Soldier Frank DeCicco and Gambino Associate Joseph 'Joe Brewster' Delmonico. Fappiano later testified: "I mixed the cement mixture, clean up areas, set up the scaffold, basically clean up the debris on the job going up on a high rise job...I worked on the Trump Towers, the IBM building, the Statue of Liberty. Worked on numerous jobs [at] different areas. Sometimes I was a laborer just cleaning up, sometimes I ran the inside elevators, sometimes I ran the outside material hoists...As I got laid off I called [DeCicco], and he called either Joe [Delmonico] or Louie [Giardina] and told them to put me back to work." (Fappiano was inducted into the Gambino Family in 1990 and became a Cooperating Witness in 2004.)
Salvatore Giardina and his brother Joseph Jr., but not Louis, were included in a June 1983 Senate Chart of Gambino membership.
Around this time Louis was involved in a $100,000 labor payoff from Local 638 Steamfitters Union to Gambino Boss Paul Castellano.
The following year Gambino Associate Michael DiLeonardo temporarily worked for Local 23 as warehouseman on a New Jersey pier. Job obtained through Gambino Captains Thomas Bilotti and Frank DeCicco and Gambino Soldier (Acting Captain?) Paul Zaccaria. (DiLeonardo was inducted into the Gambinos in 1988 and became a CW in 2002.)
By 1986 Louis Giardina had followed his brother Salvatore to Todt Hill, Staten Island. In addition to his position with with Local 23, he owned four properties and held multiple stocks-bonds accounts.
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| L. Giardina (L) and F. DeCicco (R) |
On March 24 of that year he and Gambino Underboss Frank DeCicco were surveilled and photographed by the FBI meeting outside DeCicco's social club at 1628 Bath Ave.
The following month DeCicco was killed in an unsanctioned bombing orchestrated by the Genovese and Lucchese leadership. His two-day wake was attended by members and associates from all five New York Families including Louis Giardina.
Two months later Louis was surveilled meeting with Gambino Captain George DeCicco, Frank's uncle, at the Bath Ave club. (George took over Frank's crew upon the latter's appointment to Underboss in January 1986.)
One week later, on June 20, Louis and fifteen others were indicted on Federal racketeering charges by the US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn. The charges against Giardina related to the 1983 Steamfitters Union payoff. Arrested by Agents at his residence, he pleaded not guilty and was released on $200,000 bond.
Trial for Louis and two others began in March 1987 and they were convicted the same month.
A presentencing document from early May noted: "[Giardina] was convicted of active participation in discussions between [11/82] and [6/83] with Paul Castellano concerning illegal payoffs, and with furnishing information to Castellano regarding union activities in the Metropolitan New York area. [Giardina] was viewed by authorities as an associate of [Redacted] of the Gambino Crime Family. This 62 year old defendant is a native New Yorker who since 1946 has been the business manager of the family operated Mason Tender's Union Local 23. He has accumulated assets of over $700,000...Based on interviews with the defendant and family members, and numerous letters received on his behalf, it seems clear [Giardina] has dedicated much of his life to the welfare of others and to the achievement of personal success. Based on his conviction, however, it is also clear that he compromised his position and violated the trust of the [union] membership."
On May 18 sentenced by Judge Jack B. Weinstein to five years imprisonment and fined $40,000.
Following his conviction Louis was replaced as Business Manager by his son Joseph.
In December of 1987 Joseph Giardina Jr. was included in an FBI chart of the Genovese Family.
In April 1988 Louis and Joseph Giardina Jr. were included in Senate Charts of Gambino and Genovese Family membership respectively. (Salvatore wasn't named in either one.)
The following month DeCicco was killed in an unsanctioned bombing orchestrated by the Genovese and Lucchese leadership. His two-day wake was attended by members and associates from all five New York Families including Louis Giardina.
Two months later Louis was surveilled meeting with Gambino Captain George DeCicco, Frank's uncle, at the Bath Ave club. (George took over Frank's crew upon the latter's appointment to Underboss in January 1986.)
One week later, on June 20, Louis and fifteen others were indicted on Federal racketeering charges by the US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn. The charges against Giardina related to the 1983 Steamfitters Union payoff. Arrested by Agents at his residence, he pleaded not guilty and was released on $200,000 bond.
Trial for Louis and two others began in March 1987 and they were convicted the same month.
A presentencing document from early May noted: "[Giardina] was convicted of active participation in discussions between [11/82] and [6/83] with Paul Castellano concerning illegal payoffs, and with furnishing information to Castellano regarding union activities in the Metropolitan New York area. [Giardina] was viewed by authorities as an associate of [Redacted] of the Gambino Crime Family. This 62 year old defendant is a native New Yorker who since 1946 has been the business manager of the family operated Mason Tender's Union Local 23. He has accumulated assets of over $700,000...Based on interviews with the defendant and family members, and numerous letters received on his behalf, it seems clear [Giardina] has dedicated much of his life to the welfare of others and to the achievement of personal success. Based on his conviction, however, it is also clear that he compromised his position and violated the trust of the [union] membership."
On May 18 sentenced by Judge Jack B. Weinstein to five years imprisonment and fined $40,000.
Following his conviction Louis was replaced as Business Manager by his son Joseph.
In December of 1987 Joseph Giardina Jr. was included in an FBI chart of the Genovese Family.
In April 1988 Louis and Joseph Giardina Jr. were included in Senate Charts of Gambino and Genovese Family membership respectively. (Salvatore wasn't named in either one.)
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| L. Giardina at FCI Seagoville |
On May 31, 1988 Louis surrendered at FCI Seagoville, Texas to serve out his sentence. He was assigned to the facility's Plumbing Shop.
On September 7, 1988 he was temporarily removed from FCI Seagoville on a Federal writ. Spent time at multiple institutions including FCI Texarkana, FCI El Reno, FCI Talladega, MDC New York and USP Lewisburg.
On January 24, 1989 returned to FCI Seagoville.
On September 7, 1988 he was temporarily removed from FCI Seagoville on a Federal writ. Spent time at multiple institutions including FCI Texarkana, FCI El Reno, FCI Talladega, MDC New York and USP Lewisburg.
On January 24, 1989 returned to FCI Seagoville.
1990s
On March 19, 1990 FCI Seagoville staff submitted Progress Report: "[Louis] graduated from ABE on 7-12-89 and has been enrolled in GED ever since. He is an excellent student who has helped others with their educational work. His demeanor in the classroom provides a mature stabilization to those students younger than him. He has been an asset in the Education Department while trying to improve himself."
Louis was released from FCI Seagoville on May 30, 1990.
The Giardinas were then reporting to Captain Mario Traina.
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| M. Traina Court Exhibit |
Members under Traina included Joseph Giardina Jr., Louis Giardina, Salvatore Giardina, Charles LiCastri, Vincent LiCastri, Samuel Mannino, Joseph Marino and Vincent Sarullo.
On July 12, 1990 Joseph Giardina Jr. was included in an FBI Newark Office list of Genovese Family membership residing in New Jersey. (He had moved from New York to Garfield, NJ by 1989.)
On July 12, 1990 Joseph Giardina Jr. was included in an FBI Newark Office list of Genovese Family membership residing in New Jersey. (He had moved from New York to Garfield, NJ by 1989.)
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| M. DiLeonardo (L) and F. Fappiano (R) Gang Land News |
Around 1995 a conflict developed between the Gambino Family and Louis Giardina's sons over the handling of Local 23. Frank Fappiano later testified: "Once [Giardina's sons] got involved with the union, they were basically legitimate kids, they were lawyers, and they tried to run the union legitimately the way that it's supposed to really be run. And we wouldn't have that because it was stopping us from making any money on projects. Every time I told them to stay away from the job or give them a job to make a deal on it, it was like telling them to go float the job with union guys and disregard the whole conversation that I had with them. And I tried to sit down with [Louis Giardina] numerous times to correct it because they weren't listening and it was starting to be a little embarrassing with other people and other Families...I spoke to [Captain Michael DiLeonardo], who was also on the construction with us, I told him we got to do something with these kids, let's get ahold of them, talk to them, grab the father, see what we have to do, because it's getting ridiculous now." Fappiano and DiLeonardo brought the issue to Gambino Captain Peter Gotti. Fappiano: "We met with Lou Giardina a couple of times with his brother. But that was at the end of my involvement with 23. It was already almost fully under the trusteeship, the government was pretty much involved at that time. And we tried to talk to the father about doing little odds and ends jobs here and there, but at that point it was to no avail [and the issue] was never resolved."
By that time Mario Traina died and was replaced as Captain by Joseph Marino.
By that time Mario Traina died and was replaced as Captain by Joseph Marino.
2000s
A Govt chart of the Gambino Family compiled in May 2000 indicates that Louis and Salvatore Giardina may have been transferred from the Marino - Traina crew. The two brothers (Joseph Jr. is absent from the chart) are shown as reporting to Salvatore Franco.
Listed as Gambino Soldiers under Franco were Salvatore's younger brother Joseph, Louis Giardina, Salvatore Giardina, Salvatore Mangialino (IP) and Alfonso Spitaleri.
Mangialino (1937-2019), serving a twenty-five year sentence brought about by crimes committed in the early 1980s with the DeMeo Crew, formerly reported to Captain Joseph 'Joe Butch' Corrao. (The May 2000 Chart indicates that Corrao had since been demoted; he and most of his Soldiers are listed with the Scala - Gotti crew.)
Spitaleri (1931-2019) may have reported to Captain Pasquale 'Patsy' Conte in the 1960s.
Louis Giardina died April 19, 2012 at his Todt Hill residence.
Wake held April 22-23 at Miraglia Funeral Chapels located at 8519 New Utrecht Ave in Bensonhurst.
Joseph Giardina Jr. died June 2, 2014 in New Jersey. His wake was held three days later at Marrocco Memorial Chapel in Clifton.
Salvatore 'Teddy' Giardina died January 8, 2018 and was waked two days later at the Torregrossa Funeral Home in Dyker Heights. (The business was established in the 1940s by longtime Gambino member Andrew Torregrossa [1892-1985].)
In October 2024 Louis Giardina's grandson Robert was identified by Gang Land News as a Gambino member reporting to Acting Captain Joseph Traina, who was in turn a grandson of Joseph Traina, the Giardinas' earliest known Captain.
Listed as Gambino Soldiers under Franco were Salvatore's younger brother Joseph, Louis Giardina, Salvatore Giardina, Salvatore Mangialino (IP) and Alfonso Spitaleri.
Mangialino (1937-2019), serving a twenty-five year sentence brought about by crimes committed in the early 1980s with the DeMeo Crew, formerly reported to Captain Joseph 'Joe Butch' Corrao. (The May 2000 Chart indicates that Corrao had since been demoted; he and most of his Soldiers are listed with the Scala - Gotti crew.)
Spitaleri (1931-2019) may have reported to Captain Pasquale 'Patsy' Conte in the 1960s.
Louis Giardina died April 19, 2012 at his Todt Hill residence.
Wake held April 22-23 at Miraglia Funeral Chapels located at 8519 New Utrecht Ave in Bensonhurst.
Joseph Giardina Jr. died June 2, 2014 in New Jersey. His wake was held three days later at Marrocco Memorial Chapel in Clifton.
Salvatore 'Teddy' Giardina died January 8, 2018 and was waked two days later at the Torregrossa Funeral Home in Dyker Heights. (The business was established in the 1940s by longtime Gambino member Andrew Torregrossa [1892-1985].)
In October 2024 Louis Giardina's grandson Robert was identified by Gang Land News as a Gambino member reporting to Acting Captain Joseph Traina, who was in turn a grandson of Joseph Traina, the Giardinas' earliest known Captain.
