Editing Carlo Gambino (section)

=== Anastasia murder ===
In 1957, Genovese decided to move against Costello and Anastasia, enlisting Gambino{{ndash}}Anastasia's underboss{{ndash}} in the murder conspiracy.<ref>Davis, pp. 78-79</ref><ref name="mafia encyclopedia">Sifakis, Carl. ''The Mafia Encyclopedia''    [https://books.google.com/books?id=jgCpxTpPCPcC&dq=we+only+kill+each+other+Anastasia+Schuster&pg=PA15 (p. 15)]</ref> Genovese ordered [[Vincent Gigante]] to carry out the hit on Costello, which was attempted outside Costello's apartment building on May 2, 1957.<ref name="costello shot">{{cite news|title=Costello is Shot Entering Home; Gunman Escapes Wound|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/05/03/317458602.pdf|access-date=31 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 3, 1957}}</ref> Although the wound was superficial, the brush with death persuaded Costello to relinquish power to Genovese and retire. Although a doorman identified Gigante as the gunman, Costello claimed to not recognize him at Gigante's 1958 trial; Gigante was [[acquittal|acquitted]] on charges of [[attempted murder]].<ref name=nyt191205>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/obituaries/vincent-gigante-mob-boss-who-feigned-incompetence-to-avoid-jail.html Vincent Gigante, Mob Boss Who Feigned Incompetence to Avoid Jail, Dies at 77], by [[Selwyn Raab]], The New York Times, December 19, 2005</ref>

With Costello gone, Genovese and Gambino allegedly ordered Anastasia's murder. Gambino gave the contract to Profaci, who then allegedly assigned the hit to [[Joe Gallo|Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo]]. Anastasia was murdered on October 25, 1957, in the barbershop of the [[Park Central Hotel|Park Sheraton Hotel]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here; Led Murder, Inc. |work=The New York Times |first=Meyer |last=Berger |date=October 26, 1957}}</ref> 

Gambino subsequently took over the Mangano crime family, which took his name going forward.<ref name=fivefamilies>{{cite book |last=Raab |first=Selwyn |title=Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires |year=2006 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-36181-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/116 116] |url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/116 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gage |first=Nicholas |title=The Mafia at War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-YCAAAAMBAJ&q=Albert+Anastasia+Gallo+Gambino&pg=PA44 |access-date=March 11, 2016 |newspaper=New York Magazine |date=July 10, 1972 |page=44}}</ref> He appointed [[Joseph Biondo]] as underboss, though Biondo was replaced by [[Aniello Dellacroce]] in 1965.<ref name="capeci 9">{{cite book |last=Capeci|first=Jerry|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia |page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhfExAeLSBAC&q=%22Joseph+Biondo%22&pg=PA9 |publisher=Alpha Books |year=2005 |isbn=9781592573059}}</ref>