Joseph Biondo
Named in 1963 by New York police as the Gambino family's underboss and the successor of Frank Scalice. Valachi called him "Joe Bandy."
- Born
- 1897
- Aliases
- Joe Banti, Joe Bandy, Cunniglieddu
- Family
- Gambino family (testimony, 1963)
- Role
- Underboss under Gambino, successor to Scalice (NYPD testimony, 1963)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 8 October 1963 — Valachi (printed p. 246) named "Carlo Gambino, with Joe Bandy, I call him." Testimony.
- 8 October 1963 — Shanley (printed pp. 295–296): "The underboss is mentioned as Joe Biondo"; asked for aliases, he gave "Joe Banti" and "Cunniglieddu," which he translated as "Little Rabbit." Asked whether he was the successor to Frank Scalice, he answered "That is right." Testimony.
The heading follows the staff chart and the research record. The printed transcript spells the surname “Biando” in the question that introduces him. The birth year is Shanley’s: “He was born in 1897.” No opened record gives his death.
Records
itemOrganized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Part 1 (September 25 to October 9, 1963)The first printed volume of the 1963 Senate hearings: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's opening testimony, Joseph Valachi's public testimony, New York police witnesses, Exhibit 8 and Charts A to E.
itemExhibit No. 8: "Masseria-Maranzano War and Evolution of Gang Control—1930 to Present"Staff fold-out chart presented on October 1, 1963: the 1930 to 1931 war in three key-coded groups and the lines of succession drawn from it to five 1963 bosses. Several name boxes are illegible in the scan.