What did Anthony Zottola do? Son of slain NYC mobster sentenced to life in prison
James Bradley
Published Jan 16, 2026
Following the homicide of his dad, Sylvester Zottola, 71, in October 2018, Anthony Zottola, 45, was given two life sentences. Anthony Zottola purportedly recruited a hired gunman named Himen Ross, 36, to kill his dad. Zottola needed command over around 90 properties, which he could acquire without any his dad.
There were purportedly six bombed endeavors before the hit. Judge Gonzalez portrayed it as a “cash hungry wrongdoing” and made sense of how Anthony was not contrite for his activities. Aside from life detainment, Anthony Zottola was likewise condemned to 112 extra years in jail for weapons charges.
On Friday, April 14, while Anthony’s condemning hearing occurred, the whole group of the dead mobster, Sylvester Zottola, was available in the court. The choice came following a delayed six-week preliminary, where investigators guaranteed that Anthony Zottola made the death arrangement.
Zottola incubated a trick intend to kill his father; nonetheless, there were six bombed endeavors more than one year. Anthony likewise intended to kill his senior brother, who luckily made due and got away alive. Debbie Zottola, a relative of the dead mobster, was available in the court on Friday, and she said:
“You were the man that shot my dad, my help, and killed him without blinking in his vehicle. You killed me, you killed his grandkids, particularly my two children who were mature enough to comprehend each and every thing that was occurring.”
She further added that her dad needed to “lie in dread” and that he generally must be wary about hired gunmen attempting to kill him. Breon Harmony, US Lawyer for the Eastern Area of New York, said:
“It was his own child who not entirely settled to control the family’s worthwhile land business that he recruited a group of hired gunmen to kill his father,”The dead mobster had no clue about that Anthony was behind the assaults
Both Ross and Anthony Zottola have been sentenced for homicide for-employ, scheme to carry out murder-for-recruit, and guns offenses. It was additionally referenced:
Anthony’s legal counselor, Ilana Haramati, mentioned tolerance and guaranteed that he was a “family man” and was in “chronic frailty.” Haramati said:
“A lifelong incarceration bears a truly horrendous conclusion. He simply needs to keep on being a wellspring of help to his youngsters however much he can.”
45-year-old Anthony recruited Ross to kill his father in a McDonald’s drive-through in the Bronx. NYPD Head of Investigators Robert Boyce has depicted the episode as a “novel case.” That’s what he referenced albeit the case seemed like it would be horde related, it was not. It was likewise uncovered that Sylvester Zottola had no clue about that his child was arranging assaults on him.