Yes, about 1 hour away in Appalachin, NY along Rt. 17. Wikapedia(?) has some good info. on it. When I moved to the Southern Tier my husband told me about the raid. On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:53 PM, GMF wrote: > Wasn't there a big meeting of the Mafia not far from Binghamton, far > from the Adirondacks. > > > GMF > "In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary > act." > --George Orwell (1903-1950) > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "JCB" <genes@aanet.com.au> > To: <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] SYLVAN BEACH > Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:14:26 +1100 > > Hi all > > Don't know exactly how true this all is but... > > For awhile, there was a Mafioso connection between NYC, a lot of > CNY, and > northern New York. From what I gathered... the Adirondacks were a > favorite > vacation spot for "organized crime families," and much of eastern > CNY was a > stopping point between NYC and the ADK park. Without meaning to be > politically incorrect (which has become a real burden, by the way, > in my > opinion,) the Jews went to the Catskills and the Mafia went to the > Adirondacks. Joe Bonanno was known as "Crazy Joe" or "Joe > Bananas." There > is a lot (and I mean a LOT...) of reading that relates the Mafioso > to CNY. > > JCB > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

The fultonhistory.com site is terrific. Can search anything you want. In my intrigue, and also because Appalachin came up in the posts, I did see where Joseph Bonnano was in attendance. On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Elisa Tobia wrote: > Yes, about 1 hour away in Appalachin, NY along Rt. 17. Wikapedia(?) > has some good info. on it. When I moved to the Southern Tier my > husband told me about the raid. > On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:53 PM, GMF wrote: > >> Wasn't there a big meeting of the Mafia not far from Binghamton, far >> from the Adirondacks. >> >> >> GMF >> "In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary >> act." >> --George Orwell (1903-1950) >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: "JCB" <genes@aanet.com.au> >> To: <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] SYLVAN BEACH >> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:14:26 +1100 >> >> Hi all >> >> Don't know exactly how true this all is but... >> >> For awhile, there was a Mafioso connection between NYC, a lot of >> CNY, and >> northern New York. From what I gathered... the Adirondacks were a >> favorite >> vacation spot for "organized crime families," and much of eastern >> CNY was a >> stopping point between NYC and the ADK park. Without meaning to be >> politically incorrect (which has become a real burden, by the way, >> in my >> opinion,) the Jews went to the Catskills and the Mafia went to the >> Adirondacks. Joe Bonanno was known as "Crazy Joe" or "Joe >> Bananas." There >> is a lot (and I mean a LOT...) of reading that relates the Mafioso >> to CNY. >> >> JCB >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message