Fat Tony Salerno is an Italian mafia boss who used to run Spanish Harlem’s criminal underworld. When Fat Tony Salerno goes to prison, he sells many of his properties to Bodega, which kicks off Bodega’s plan to buy all the property in Spanish Harlem to secure affordable housing for the community.
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Book 1, Round 9: Knockout: Underground Economy
...to segregate the Italians from the Latino and black residents. But when their big boss Fat Tony Salerno went to prison, he had to sell off a bunch of buildings for legal fees;...
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