Former mob killer leaves crime behind to become New Jersey councilman

John Alite, 62, was a top earner for John Gotti, the Teflon Don – now he says he’s on a mission to ‘do things right’

John Alite has big plans for Englishtown, New Jersey, a small hamlet best known for potatoes, a drag racing strip, and the Battle of Monmouth during the revolutionary wars.

But not everyone is certain they want Alite, 62, having a say over municipal matters in the town of about 2,350 people, where he was appointed a council member earlier this year and comes up for confirmation early next month.