In the early 1900s, Angelo Palmeri emerged as the first Mafia boss in Buffalo, New York. History Early origins Buffalo crime family - Chart of 1963 FBI mugshot of Peter Magaddino, the son of Buffalo crime family boss Stefano Magaddino
'Big Joe' Todaro Jr., having assumed the role after his father, Joseph E. Department of Justice, the current boss of the Buffalo crime family is Joseph A. The Buffalo family is purported to hold strong connections with the Hamilton-based Luppino and Papalia families. Criminal investigators assert that the family operates throughout Western New York, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, Buffalo Mafia, The Arm, the New York State crime family, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Todaro crime family, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York. Rizzuto crime family, Siderno Group, and other various gangs in the Buffalo area
