ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti z, fˈɛɹɪɡnˌoʊ wʌzɐ mˈɪdlˈɛvəl lˈiːdɚɹ ɪnðə bɹˈʊklɪn kɹˈaɪm fˈæmɪli ʌv sˈælvæɾɚ "tˈoʊɾoʊ" dˈækwɪlə, ðə sˈɛlfpɹəklˈeɪmd "bˈɔs ʌv bˈɔsᵻz" ʌvðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk mˈæfiə.
In the 1920s, Ferrigno was a mid-level leader in the Brooklyn crime family of Salvatore "Totò" D'Aquila, the self-proclaimed "Boss of Bosses" of the New York Mafia.