In the mid 1980s, Caridi was reportedly inducted into the Lucchese crime family, then under the leadership of boss Vittorio Amuso. When Amuso was sent to prison in the early 1990s, Caridi became the caporegime of the Long Island and Queens factions, assisted by Lucchese mobster John Cerrella. They became top members of the Long Island and Queens faction. Caridi was later nicknamed by the media as the "Tony Soprano of Long Island". Caridi resides in Northport, New York.