Background
Hanley took over as President of Local 257 of the New York City District Council of Carpenters for his father-in-law, a Genovese mobster named Will Graziano.
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Eugene Hanley
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Hanley and Local Vice-President Attilio Bitondo extorted building contractors operating in Manhattan in conjunction with Local shop steward Carmine Fiore, a Gambino crime family soldier, and other organized crime figures linked to the Gambino, Genovese and Colombo crime families. The men ordered beatings for those contractors who refused to back in, but typically, violence wasn"t needed. In 1987, Hanley, Bitondo and other high-ranking officials of the New York City District Council of Carpenters were indicted on 79 counts of labor racketeering, including extortion, bribery, and bid rigging.
District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau claimed that contractors that cooperated with the District Attorney"s investigation claimed they paid over $100,000 in extortion payments, but District Attorney Morgenthau explained that the figure documented less than 10% of the money paid to the gangsters during the investigation.
LoFaro also discussed Hanley"s ties to other organized crime figures, including Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello, Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Anthony "Tony" Scotto and Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone. Hanley would receive a 4-year prison sentence to lesser charges of bribe giving, and would be banned from future union activities.
Hanley earned an early release from prison and received a no-show work release job at Casale Jewelry on Court Street, Brooklyn. Hanley"s son William was dismissed from his position as President of Carpenter"s Union Local 157 (which was renamed after the massive racketeering indictment) in November 2007, and the Local was placed under trusteeship, citing connections to organized crime, including prevailing upon a contractor to hire a no-work man named Joseph Vecchiarello.
