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.
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.