Giuseppe "Joseph" Arcuri was born in 1913 in New York City. He joined the gambino crime family in the 1940's when the family was run by Vincent Mangano. In the 1940's and 50's he owned a liquor store. Four times a year he would send boxes of booze to Albert Anastasia's home or at several Manhattan hotels where he had guest suites. he became a made man sometime in the 1950's when Albert Anastasia was boss. On October 25th 1957 Albert Anastasia was murdered in a barber shop Arcuri kept his head down. Carlo Gambino became the new boss and Arcuri along with Lombardozzi became a big earner for the family through labor racketeering.