DiBernardo informed him that Gotti and Ruggiero wanted to meet with him in Queens.

FBI agents visited Ruggiero and Napolitano at a social club and informed them of Brasco's true identity.

From jail, Gotti ordered the murder of Robert DiBernardo by Sammy Gravano ; both DiBernardo and Ruggiero had been vying to succeed Frank DeCicco until Ruggiero accused DiBernardo of challenging Gotti's leadership.

According to Gravano, Gotti also considered murdering Ruggiero and when he finally died " I literally had to drag him to the funeral.

Gravano played a key role in planning and executing Castellano's murder ; other conspirators included John Gotti, Angelo Ruggiero, Frank DeCicco, and Joseph Armone.

Gravano arrived to find only Ruggiero was present.

Gotti chose to fill the vacancy by naming Angelo Ruggiero and Gravano co-underbosses.

He was forced to rely heavily on Gravano, Angelo Ruggiero, and Joseph " Piney " Armone to manage the family's day-to-day affairs while he called the major shots from his jail cell.

In June, Gravano was approached by Ruggiero and, supposedly at Gotti's behest, given orders to murder capo Robert DiBernardo for making negative remarks about Gotti's leadership.

Ruggiero claimed to have met again with Gotti and told Gravano that the boss wanted DiBernardo killed right away.

Gravano later learned that Ruggiero was $ 250, 000 in debt to DiBernardo and realized Ruggiero may have fabricated the orders from Gotti or simply lied to Gotti about what DiBernardo was accused of saying in order to erase the debt and improve his own standing in the family.

Gotti ’ s association with three mobsters is also highlighted in the film: a father-son like relationship with family Underboss Aniello “ Mr. Neil ” Dellacroce, his deep but rocky friendship with Gotti crew member and longtime friend Angelo Ruggiero, and the respect and ultimate frustration that he felt for the man who became his Underboss, Salvatore “ Sammy the Bull ” Gravano.

Together with his brother Gene and Ruggiero, Gotti carried out truck hijackings at Idlewild Airport ( subsequently renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport ).

Gotti and Ruggiero were paroled in 1972 and returned to their old crew at the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club, still working under caporegime Carmine Fatico.

In 1973, after Carlo Gambino's nephew Emanuel Gambino was kidnapped and murdered, John Gotti was assigned to the hit team alongside Ruggiero and Ralph Galione for the main suspect, Irish-American gangster James McBratney.

In August 1983, Ruggiero and Gene Gotti were arrested for dealing heroin, based primarily on recordings from a bug in Ruggiero's house.

Castellano, who had banned made men from his family from dealing drugs under threat of death, demanded transcripts of the tapes, and when Ruggiero refused he threatened to demote Gotti.

When Ruggiero, also under indictment, had his bail revoked for his abrasive behavior in preliminary hearings, a frustrated Gotti instead promoted Joseph Armone to underboss.

The heroin trial of Gotti's former fellow Bergin crewmembers Ruggiero and Gene Gotti also commenced in June of that year.

When the terminally ill Ruggiero was severed and released in 1989, Gotti refused to contact him, blaming him for the Gambino's misfortunes.

During this time, the FBI had intensified its efforts against the Gambino family, and in August 1983, three members of Gotti's crew – Angelo Ruggiero, John Carneglia, and Gene Gotti – were indicted for heroin trafficking.

Castellano planned to kill Gene Gotti and Ruggiero if he believed they were drug traffickers.

To save Gene Gotti and Ruggiero, Dellacroce stalled the demand.

Both Dellacroce and Gotti tried to convince Ruggiero to comply if Castellano explained beforehand how he intended to use the tapes, but Ruggiero refused, fearing he would endanger good friends.

Gotti and Ruggiero then sought and obtained the approval of the Colombo and Bonanno families, while DeCicco secured the backing of the Luccheses.

Positioned down the street were backup shooters Dominick Pizzonia, Angelo Ruggiero and Anthony Rampino.

Among the earliest were Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero dall ' isola d ' Alcina (" The Liberation of Ruggiero from Alcina's Island ", 1625 ) and Luigi Rossi's Il palazzo incantato ( 1642 ).

Several leaders of the Italian risorgimento movement were exiled in Malta by the Bourbon monarchs during this period, including Francesco Crispi, and Ruggiero Settimo.

Important influences on Collingwood were the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile and Guido de Ruggiero, the last of whom was also a close friend.

Many of Sonny Black's character traits, and relationship with Pistone, were combined with other Bonanno mobsters like Anthony Mirra and Benjamin Ruggiero, who in the film is played by Al Pacino.

Joel Silver and Rob Thomas were executive producers for the entire run of the series, while Diane Ruggiero was promoted in the third season.

Benjamin " Lefty " Ruggiero and Cersani were lookouts, and were sent in after to clean up the massacre and dispose of the bodies along with Napolitano, James Episcopia and Robert Capazzio.

In addition, since her brother Bill Ruggiero also played for the Oilers, they were the first brother-sister combination to play professionally at the same time.

Ruggiero and Brasco were in a Miami Beach, Florida restaurant as Ruggiero read a Time magazine containing an article about the infamous Abscam scandal and detailing how FBI agents posed as rich Arab businessmen to catch U. S. Congressmen taking bribes.

Ruggiero and Cersani were lookouts and were sent in after to clean up the massacre and dispose of the bodies, along with Napolitano, James Episcopia and Robert Capazzio.

Mirra and Napolitano were murdered and a contract was put out on Ruggiero.

Gene and his friend Angelo Ruggiero were dealing heroin against boss Paul Castellano's rules and he was allegedly planning to kill them for it.

Former candidates for the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination were attorney Leecia Eve of Buffalo, Assemblyman Thomas DiNapoli of Nassau County, Dr. Jon Cohen of Nassau County and Wappinger Town Supervisor Joseph Ruggiero of Dutchess County, New York.

* the impassioned demands of the stream of verismo operas that were flowing from the pens of Giacomo Puccini ( 1858 – 1924 ), Ruggiero Leoncavallo ( 1857 – 1919 ), Pietro Mascagni ( 1863 – 1945 ) and Umberto Giordano ( 1867 – 1948 ); and

Bradamante and Ruggiero were destined to become the ancestors of the noble House of Este who were the patrons to both Boiardo and Ariosto.

When the government released a set of these tapes to Ruggiero's attorney, Castellano demanded that Ruggiero provide him with copies.

Castellano asked Ruggiero for a copy of the government surveillance tapes that had Ruggiero's conversations.

Eventually, one of the reasons for Gotti's killing Castellano was to save his brother and Ruggiero.

When Castellano was indicted for both his connection to Roy DeMeo's stolen car ring and as part of the Mafia Commission Trial, he learned his own house had been bugged on the basis of evidence from the Ruggiero tapes and he became livid.

The taped conversations included Ruggiero discussing drug deals and expressing his contempt for Castellano.

Dellacroce kept the transcripts from Castellano-the drug dealing and disrespectful language on the transcripts would have given Castellano cause to kill both Ruggiero and John Gotti.

With Dellacrocce gone, Ruggiero could no longer keep the incriminating transcripts away from Castellano.