Whatever Happened To: The Social Club Of Lefty Ruggiero At 43 Market Street

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Lefty grew up just a few blocks from Little Italy and never left. When he got older he moved into the apartment complex called knickerbocker village on Monroe Street a few blocks south of Little Italy. Lefty would soon be involved in criminal business and became connected to the Bonanno Crime Family. Lefty owned a social club at 43 Madison Street where he would meet with other Mafioso and connected guys. One of those mafioso who would drop by was Anthony "Tony" Mirra, a Bonanno Crime Family Soldato, who would introduced Lefty to Donnie Brasco. To Mirra and Lefty, Donnie Brasco seemed like an alright guy, something that would cause them and their Family a lot of trouble later on.