Cuneo family
| Founding location |
 Bronx, New York |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1925s-Present |
| Territory | Bronx and Manhattan in NYC, Buffalo in the upper New York and the Northern Jersey |
| Ethnicity | Italian, Italian-American |
| Criminal activities | Bookmaking, racketeering, illegal gambling, bootlegging, weapons trafficking, prostitution, extortion, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, fencing, loan sharking, corruption, labor unions, highjacking |
| Allies | Stracci, Tattaglia, Barzini and Corleone (beyond 1955) crime families |
| Rivals | Corleone crime family (until 1955) |
The Cuneo family is one of the Five Families of New York in the Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the movie of the same name.
Role in history
One of Five Families, mainly powerful in Buffalo and upper New York, the Cuneo family, along with Stracci, Barzini and Tattaglia crime families decide to invest in the Sollozzo heroin's trade, but when Sollozzo is killed in 1946 by Michael Corleone, Ottilio Cuneo declares war, with the other families on the Corleone family, with Emilio Barzini organising the killing of Sonny Corleone. Vito Corleone calls for a truce. Believing to be untouchable, Ottilio Cuneo goes on against the Corleone, endangering its territory in the Bronx. However, in 1955, Ottilio Cuneo is killed by Willi Cicci in the Tesla Hotel of Midtown.
Leo Cuneo, the youngest son of Ottilio, takes control becoming an ally of the Corleone family. Leo dies in the Atlantic City's massacre of 1979.
In the novel, Ottilio does not die in 1955, but becomes an ally of the Corleones. He is arrested in 1963 for conspiracy.
Boss (official and acting)
- 1925s-1955 - Ottilio Cuneo
- 1955-1979 - Leo Cuneo
