I disagree I think Castellano was a great boss very old school way. He was a huge earner for the family prior to being made boss what sealed the deal was not only being cousin and brother in law to Gambino but the fact, I believe out of the choices Gambino saw the future of the family safe in Castellano's hands. Dellacroce I like as well he never went agaisn't Castellano even though he himself was passed up as boss. It is inevitable Gotti would have been selected by Dellacroce to answer your question because you had runners up like D'Amico, Corozzo and Megale to name a few. I disagree with the other statment about Gotti he was a good earner and, I believe better to be a Capo not a boss. He was a solid Capo These guys even Dellacroce wanted to deal in drugs this was a big revenue source either way unfortunately the Gambino family was on a decline after Castellano. A side note please excuse my bad grammar.

I just brushed up on my reading of Anthony Gaggi man he was a smooth boss and hard to bust his real downfall was family his godson. It shows when guys use drugs they become a liability even family members. Case in point Cicale druggy and close friend of Basciano was his downfall. How being Dominick Montiglio can you live with yourself doing this to your Uncle and Godfather?

I read somewhere that one of the reasons that Dellacroce was passed over was because he had an affair with another made guys wife.

How being Dominick Montiglio can you live with yourself doing this to your Uncle and Godfather?

I don't think that was the main reason. carlo wanted someone like himself. I mean carlo wasn't exactly a guy who was roaming the streets like neil was. I mean paul becoming boss was probably aleady set up years before carlo died. in fact in 1966 when carlo had a lot of heat on him he named Paul acting boss instead of his new underboss

Seeing how Roy DeMeo and his kids were being taken care of by his uncle Nino, and he himself only got oddjobs from which he made just a few bucks, I'm not suprised that he turned against his uncle.

We should not condone his actions this is the problem with the Mafia too many babies and rats. You know you either are going to be killed most likely by someone close or die in the can. This is the life you choose you take the consequences like a man or don't get involved in it. Is there any honor(code)in the Mafia or is that just now an old folk story