'Dirty Business': JFK Project Uses Waste Haulers Tied To Gambino Mob

NEW YORK, NY — Waste hauling just got a little bit cleaner.

A waste-removal company with ties to the Gambino crime family was cited this week for illegally doing work at a massive reconstruction of John F. Kennedy Airport's Terminal Four, officials announced Wednesday.

The company — one of three doing work without a license at the site — was led by a known mob associate who used his crime contacts in the waste-hauling business, an industry known to have deep roots with New York City's organized crime families, records show.

"We cannot allow commercial waste hauling to become a dirty business —we were there before and we’re not going back there again," Mayor Eric Adams said. "New Yorkers deserve a clean business practice in every industry."

Wednesday's crackdown cited three companies — LMC Trucking Corp., Ferreira Construction Co. Inc., and Bond Civil & Utility Construction, Inc. — for doing work on the JFK project without a license from the Business Integrity Commission, an agency created to root out corruption in the industry.

The $1.5-billion upgrade at Terminal Four, led by Delta Airlines, is part of a major transformation project at JFK. It began construction late last year, according to reports.

Perhaps the biggest offender was LMC, whose license was denied in 2020 given that its leader William Cioffi had worked with at least three organized crime members, including a late captain of the Gambino crime family, records show.

Cioffi listed his wife as LMC's principal operator on the company's application and claimed she had no knowledge of his mob connections, according to records.

Business Integrity officials also cited LMC for defrauding a trade waste union by paying employees in cash and failing to pay union benefits, according to officials.

“LMC Trucking Corp. is an especially egregious case because the company’s application for a BIC registration was denied when the company was found to lack the good character, honesty, and integrity required to operate lawfully in this industry," BIC Commissioner and Chair Elizabeth Crotty said.

Leaders from all three companies could face six months in prison or tens of thousands in fines for doing work without a license, officials said.