Career
Federici was incorrectly identified in 1988 by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations as a Lucchese crime family soldier. Federici has a number of business and philanthropic interests in the Queens section of New York City. He owns the Parkside Restaurant, a popular Italian restaurant in Corona, Queens.
He later helped run a fundraiser that netted Flushing Hospital over $100,000 in donations.
In the mid-1990s, Federici came under scrutiny during a New York State Senate investigation into corruption in the New York City District Council of Carpenters and the construction of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. On March 13, 1979, Federici was arrested on charges of menacing and criminal possession of a weapon after he was caught shooting at hawks from the roof of his restaurant.
Federici fired twice at the hawks using a 20-gauge shotgun. On August 4, 2000, Federici"s 19-year old son Anthony Federici, Junior. was stabbed in a near fatal attack in a Queens nightclub by Nicholas Gambino, and Thomas {Spade} Muschio associates with the Gambino crime family.
Gambino eventually pled guilty and received five years on probation, Muschio was acquitted.
On January 26, 2004, Federici senior was arrested after police stopped his car in Queens and discovered he had a suspended driver"s license, a set of brass knuckles, and six bullets. On June 23, 2004, Federici plead guilty to his first felony (possessing the brass knuckles and six bullets). He received a term of community service and a $700 fine.
In February 2004, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall honored Federici for his service to the community.
In attendance were many police officers from the 110th Precinct in Queens. In 2005, Nassau County, New York, Judge David A. Gross, was charged with federal money laundering charges.
The indictment was based on wiretap surveillance conducted at the Parkside, Federici"s restaurant.