Editing Reina crime family (section)

==Business base and organization==
Reina became a prosperous wholesale ice dealer, and the family is widely associated with the Bronx ice-distribution trade. A contemporary report described him as a “wealthy wholesale ice dealer” when he was killed in 1930.<ref name="NYTReina">[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/02/27/archives/wealthy-ice-dealer-slain-in-doorway-gaetano-reina-shot-down-as-he.html “Wealthy Ice Dealer Slain in Doorway”], ''The New York Times'', February 27, 1930.</ref> The legitimate trade provided livelihood, neighborhood influence and business relationships; it should not be converted automatically into proof that every ice dealer or relative belonged to the Mafia.

Figures later associated with the family also held interests in laundries, construction and hoisting. Tommaso Gagliano worked in the Columbus Wet Wash Laundry milieu, while members or relatives later participated in the Five Boro Hoisting Company.<ref name="Critchley" /> Individual narcotics, extortion or violence allegations should not be generalized into a complete family activity list without period-specific evidence.