Upon arriving in New York from Bari, Italy - Craig's grandparents soon became good friends with Josephine Vivona, who eventually married reputed Mob Boss Joseph Barbara. It was many years later when in1957, Joe Barbara hosted the infamous Mafia Summit meeting at his estate in Apalachin, New York. This was the single most crucial turning point in Mafia history because it exposed for the first time, the actual existence (and names) of the major crime figures that controlled La Cosa Nostra in the United States.