[QUOTE=Guest;1277030]did business with New York and Philadelphia families linked to the Italian-American Mafia.[126][127] A reporter for the Washington Post writes, "he was never accused of illegality, and observers of the time say that working with the mob-related figures and politicos came with the territory."[128]

...... bought concrete from companies associated with the Genovese crime family and the Gambino crime family.l

I guess you think at that time you could buy concrete from anyone else in NY.

Guess what there was no choice.

Welcome to NY years ago.