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usinesses in New York City.
And that the District Council of Concrete and
Cement Workers, also a Laborers' International Organi­
zation, belongs to the Columbo crime family.
The witness has further explained that con­
crete is an especially important way to control the
construction industry in New York City because that is
where the big money is and that is where organized crime
can control in a very direct way access to the materials
needed to be used in every construction project in New
York City. And that the primary way that this influence
is exerted is through t.he District Council of Concrete
Workers which, by the way, the ruling commission of the
La Cosa Nostra is presently charged with having exer­
cised control over through a pattern of racketeering.
The witness has further explained there are
geographic jurisdictions within the Concrete Workers
District Council, and that the person who has the
authority to ensure and to guarantee that these locals
can move from one geographical area to another is Michael
Lorello, a vice-president of the Laborers' International
Union. And that, in the view of the witness, Michael
Lorello could not permit any jurisdictional crossover
in the Concrete Workers Union without and contrary to
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