Son of powerful mob family boss Carlo Gambino dies at age 94

NEW YORK — Philanthropist gangster Thomas Gambino, son of the legendary boss Carlo Gambino and partner with his brother in a lucrative Garment District mob monopoly, has died at age 94, according to multiple reports. The courtly Mafia scion teamed with sibling Joseph to seize control of trucking business in the Manhattan neighborhood west of Seventh Avenue, imposing a 7% “mob tax” on goods manufactured and shipped from local businesses. The two cut a deal with prosecutors in 1992 to avoid jail by paying $12 million in fines, selling off their trucks and agreeing to stay out of the trucking bus...