 Welcome to the original gangsters podcast. I'm your host Scott Bernstein quick hitter edition we're going out to New York City and figgy figurata high-ranking capo in the Genovese crime family has been booted out or stepped down from the Carpenter's Union. He has been the Genovese crime family's point man in the construction rackets and in the Carpenter's Union down in Manhattan for quite a while. Got his union card I believe in 1990 and according to a report that came out in the last couple days shout out to the messenger which is a really really on its game new media outlet that's that's doing some great reporting. Back in July Tommy figs aka figgy figurata resigned his post in the Carpenter's Union to avoid a hearing and inquiry into his mob connections. And we know that both from previous FBI documents as well as documents related to the early parts of the inquiry that will never finish because instead of going in front of a disciplinary board and explaining themselves figgy stepped down and just to avoid the issue altogether. And according to these documents he was personally placed into this point position in the in the Carpenter's Union by the top guys in the Genovese meaning Barney Balomo Ernie Muscarella put him in place. I'm told that Ernie the reputed underboss under Barney who we just saw a picture of proposed Tommy figs for his button. Tommy figs dad Tony figs was a longtime member of the Genovese crime family someone that might have been made with Barney in a in a fault 1977 ceremony. So you know this is you know figgy is a guy that is very trusted. There's rumors that he or speculation that he could be in line for an administrative post in the future. He's about 65 years old but he's no longer going to be in the Carpenter's Union. New York City's District Council of Carpenters after a 30 33 years in the Union figgy Ficcarata is out has stepped down. He was served with with notice of inquiry back in May and in July he sent a letter and resigned. I think it's it's interesting to point out you know where this guy's juice came from because according to investigators within the Carpenter's Union this guy was again personally tapped by Barney Balomo the most powerful mafia Don in New York City the boss of bosses today and is close with Ernie Muscarella was close to Jimmy Massera ledger took over Jimmy's crew Jimmy Jimmy from A Street who passed away in late 2023 gone to Florida. I was also close to a Bonanno Capo Joe Lefty uh well Lackano Lackano um and uh you know this is a guy that everybody should you know uh going forward into the you know the rest of the 2020s and and beyond as a a major future shot caller and you know current shot caller in the Genovese Crime family but he will no longer be doing it uh in the Carpenters Union uh his his his crew that he took over I'm told from Jimmy Massera is Manhattan it's Brooklyn it's Bronx out in Florida a little bit a little bit New Jersey so Tommy Figgs no longer in the Union Barney Balomo has to go find a new guy to a run point for the Genovese Crime family in the construction rackets in Manhattan for OG pod I'm Scott Bernstein out