article_snippet.sent: Philip Gigante, 41, whose grandfather Philip Gigante was the head of the Genovese crime family, was elected into the positions by residents of Airmont, which has a population of around 9,000.
article_snippet.sent: Philip Gigante, 41, whose grandfather Vincent 'The Chin' was the head of the Genovese crime familythe Genovese crime family, was elected into the positions by residents of Airmont, New York .
article_snippet.sent: Vincent Gigante, who had nicknames such as 'The Oddfather' and 'The Robe', started out as a boxer but then rose in the ranks and became in Genovese-family captain in the 1960s and '70s.
article_snippet.sent: In 1981 he became head of the family, and in 1992 became one the most influential gangsters in the United States - following the death of members of the Gambino family including Vincent.
article_snippet.sent: Gigante also runs a freight business set up by Gigante father Salvatore, The Chin's son, but insists it is legitimate and has no financial links to the crime gang.
highlights_snippet.sent: Philip Gigante was elected into the position by residents of Airmont .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Philip Gigante grandfather was Vinny 'The Chin' Gigante, head of the Genovese gang .
  