Joseph N. Gallo

Joseph Nicholas Gallo
Joseph N. Gallo on April 22, 1985.
Born	(1912-01-08)January 8, 1912 Calabria, Italy
Died	September 1, 1995(1995-09-01) (aged 83) Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.

Giuseppe Nicholas Gallo, Jr., also known as Joseph Nicholas Gallo (January 8, 1912 – September 1, 1995) was a New York mobster who served as consigliere of the Gambino crime family under three different bosses.

Joseph N. Gallo was not related to Joe Gallo of the Colombo crime family.

Joseph N. Gallo was born on January 8, 1912 in Calabria, but grew up in the Little Italy section of Manhattan. Gallo was married and was the father of Gambino associate Joseph C. Gallo. Joseph N. Gallo and his family lived in Mill Basin Brooklyn and Long Island City, Queens.

In the 1930s, Gallo was convicted in New York of illegal gambling.

Over the years, Gallo built his power base in the New York garment industry. He owned a dress manufacturing company in Brooklyn and eventually controlled the Greater Blouse, Shirt, and Undergarment Association, a trade group.

Gallo also had strong ties with the Trafficante crime family of Tampa, Florida and the New Orleans crime family under boss Carlos Marcello. Gallo frequently represented their leaders at Cosa Nostra meetings in New York.

In the early 1970s, Gallo replaced Joseph Riccobono as consigliere under boss Carlo Gambino. Gallo was considered as a possible candidate to succeed the ailing Gambino. However, on February 21, 1974, Gallo suffered a severe heart attack. Gallo recovered from this illness, but decided that he did not have the will or stamina to be Gambino's successor. After Gambino's death in 1976, Gallo continued as consigliere for boss Paul Castellano. In 1986, after Castellano's assassination, new boss John Gotti also kept Gallo as consigliere.