James DeFranco

James DeFranco is a hitman and member of the New York Russetto crime family.
James DeFranco is now the senior chairman of the Italian American Cultural Association in New York. His cousin, Torelli crime family captain Vincent-Dante Ragusa sits on the council of the association. Another cousin, Sammy Ragusa, is a member of the Diveto crime family.
Responsible for or involved in at least 40 homicides since 1984, DeFranco is one of the most feared members of the Russetto crime family. Most famously, DeFranco supposedly killed Manhattan lawyer Frank Diapoulas in 1999, alongside Tom Gallo. According to the latter, DeFranco and Gallo's method of killing involved shooting the victim execution-style with a silenced, low caliber weapon enough to incapacitate them, then placing their body on a tarp and slicing their throats until dead. However, despite the overwhelming testimony, DeFranco was never charged with any murders, possibly due to corruption in the New York supreme court.
== Andrew Cuomo Scandal ==
According to Harvey Levin, a New York attorney and Albany insider, James DeFranco was responsible for the fall of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
James DeFranco was spotted numerous times with Cuomo, who supposedly owed several hundred thousand dollars to the Russetto family, after they changed polls in Cuomo's favor in 2011. Theorists claim that the cases of sexual assault against governor Cuomo were made public by the Russetto family, whose associates supposedly had knowledge of Cuomo's sexual relations since the early 2000s.
The cases were made public due in part to Cuomo's refusal to pay the election fraud money, as well as his failure in diverting sufficient state funds to Steelhammer Company, a contracting organization specializing in road building. According to testimony from several government officials, money was supposed to be paid to Steelhammer, starting in 2014, in exchange for building roads in Albany and New York City. This money was supposed to be embezzled by Russetto associates, but this never happened as Steelhammer was never paid.
In mid-2020, following several attempts to fix the situation, Cuomo reportedly exlaimed "I am New York, not these fucks from the city" in a phone call to one of his staff, who was also an associate of the Russetto family. Following Cuomo's insult, the plan to ruin his career with sexual assault allegations was launched.
James DeFranco, the mastermind behind the Steelhammer scheme as a whole, was supposedly the mastermind behind Cuomo's sexual assault allegations. Using knowledge of Cuomo's activities, he recruited several of his staff to openly accuse Cuomo of the sexual advances he made.
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