John Gotti and New York

New York raised many ruthless and dangerous mafia gangsters over the years. Yet, John Gotti became a mafia don that loved the spotlight and evaded the police for many years giving him the nickname the Teflon Don" However it was his love for the spotlight and his carelessness that ultimatly lead to his downfall.
John Gotti grew up in a poor, poverty ridden section of the South Bronx. Yet by the age of ten his family had saved enough money to move them to an area of Brooklyn known as East New York. At an early age John Gotti learn to use his fists and developed a reputation on the streets. John wanted to do better than his family and move up in society. Yet instead of wanting to become a doctor or a lawyer. John dreamed of being a wiseguy, who he would see standing on the street corneers of Brooklyn. This dream proved to be a choice that would propell him into the spotlight and ultimatly the "Don" of an organized crime family.