Genovese crime family
In 1984, the original Lombardi's closed, but reopened 10 years later a block away at 32 Spring Street, run by Gennaro Lombardi III, Gennaro Lombardi's grandson, and his childhood friend John Brescio. According to an article about the Genovese crime family in Wikipedia, John Brescio is a captain in the Genovese crime family. This change in location and this hiatus surrendered the title of America's oldest continuously operating pizzeria to Papa's Tomato Pies in Trenton, New Jersey, which opened in 1912 and has sold pies without interruption since. Brescio, who remains the current owner, was named as a captain in the Genovese crime family by law enforcement in 2017.