Career

He was reportedly active in the Genovese family"s carting rackets for many decades. Ponte was a target of the operation wasteland investigation. On 28 January 1997 he pled guilty to participating in a Mafia run operation to control and manipulate the cartage business in New York City.

Achievements

• He is the founder of F. Illi Ponte Ristorante on the West Side highway and has extensive real estate holdings throughout the lower west side of Manhattan.