 He was also an associate of Vincent Romano and Carmine Romano, who worked with Joseph Lanza to control the Fulton Fish Market in downtown Manhattan.Malangone went to work in the Fish Market and soon he began accepting payoffs from vendors and trucking companies, and continued to run his own fish company with his son, Alphonse Malangone Jr. and Frank Malangone.As he rose through the ranks of the Genovese crime family, Malangone became one of the family's biggest earners and most respected members, and began to associate with men from all Five Families.