Alexander Morelli

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Alexander "Black Alex" Morelli (b. September 2, 1939) was a New York City mobster and soldier in the Genovese crime family.

Morelli became a soldier in Peter DeFeo's Little Italy based crew in the late-1970s. Morelli became DeFeo's second-in-command, and supervised DeFeo's rackets in the N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters. DeFeo and Morelli placed associate Marcello Svdese into Bronx Local 17, making him a shop steward at the Jacob K. Javits Center. In the mid-1980s, Vincent DiNapoli sought the removal of all of DeFeo's influence in the Carpenters Union and the Javits, and him and associate Attilio Bitondo, Local 257's Vice-President, placed their own men in Svdese's position. There were several sitdowns between DiNapoli and Morelli during the late-1980s, and eventually with the emergence of Liborio Bellomo, consigliere Louis Manna sided with DiNapoli and Bellomo on the jurisdictional dispute.

It is believed that both DeFeo and Morelli likely retired in the early-1990s, and their rackets were absorbed by acting consigliere James Ida and Ida's former mob captain Matthew Ianniello.