Joseph DiNapoli

Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli (born August 12, 1935), is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, holding the rank of caporegime or captain. He was also a part of the family's Ruling Committee/Panel, controlling the day-to-day operations from 2003 to 2011, along with Aniello "Neil" Migliore and Matthew Madonna. DiNapoli has two brothers, Vincent and Louis, who are both members of the Genovese crime family.

After becoming involved in major labor racketeering and loansharking, DiNapoli went over to and schemes during the mid-1980s, along with his brother Louis DiNapoli, a made man in the Genovese family. This involved setting up three front companies, which actually involved more than a dozen illegal contracts and shell companies, for the work in schools, hospitals and subways. This was a former operation between the brothers, to ease the relationship between the Lucchese and the Genovese crime families, since Louis DiNapoli was listed as a soldier for the Genovese crime family, and Joseph, as a caporegime for the Luccheses, during the early 1990s by federal prosecutors.

On May 17, 1995, Joseph and Louis DiNapoli were indicted for illegally obtaining $5 million in asbestos-removal and construction contracts from New York City and New York state agencies that were intended for minority-owned companies. It appeared that the three companies were owned by an African-American man, a Hispanic man and a woman, but their efforts had been plagued by abuses, including allegations that many companies benefiting from the programs were controlled by white businessmen.

During the following months, Joey DiNapoli was charged with fraud, labor racketeering, and loansharking in two separate counts, all predicates under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). In 1998, after being acquitted on the racketeering charges, DiNapoli was sentenced to 60 months in prison for loansharking and fraud.

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