What are people's opinions on this ?? Maybe he is the real power and official boss or maybe his name has been leaked as the boss so the attention is took off the real leaders , it's a pretty fool proof plan saying a guy is the official boss wen he still has 5 years to serve

Mancuso's the boss as much as Jnr Soprano is.

Bronx crew all but gone, no power base, hated by other families, no chance.

Definitive answer. Close the thread .

That's wot I suspected , cheers guys . Any idea who the real power is ?? Somebody mentioned the calabrese family , or possibly rabito or badalamenti have stepped up again

Rabito is old and sick, I doubt he's running the family.

Presumably DiFiore is the current power, wonder how things will be once Mancuso is released

I'm not sure difiore is that respected either , vinnie asaro was caught on tape bad mouthing difiore aswel

maybe it's graziano hahahahahah what a messed up family. Them and the Colombos have to be the worst I would think. Luchese staying way under the radar. Stevie must be a smart man. Everyone knows he's boss and no indictments.

PB, why do they hate the Bronx bonannos? Or is it they just hate Mancuso?

Btw u, skinny n ivy are the only reasons I still check this site. Gamma also but he hasn't posted in a while. Ur one of the most knowledgeable guys I kno about OC, always accurate n spot on with no filler bullshit !

Salud to u guys!

Any idea if this guy's active?

Salvatore "Toto" Catalano?

Well, first of all, the Bronx Bonanno crew exists in name only today. The three most active guys in that crew were Patty D, who died in prison a few months ago, Vinny, who's never coming home, and Johnny Joe, who still gas almost seven years to go on his sentence. The remnants of the Bronx crew have been absorbed by Queens and Long Island. And even while they were on the street, the Bonannos in the Bronx were dwarfed by the Westside, the Luccheses and the Gambinos.

As far as being respected and all that, Patty D was a stone gangster. Not everyone liked him, but they all respected him. Vinny, too. But the same can't be said for Mike Mancuso. The Westside and Lucchese guys in the Bronx still resent the fact that he killed his wife and he still somehow ended up with a button. I personally think that if Vinny hadn't gotten life, Mikey would have been shelved by now. Or worse .

Thanks PB. Yeah killing his wife is crazy especially if ur labeled a monster. I'm shocked he didn't go away for that much less get his button. I figured the family would've viewed that as reckless, too reckless to induct someone like that.

What about Gerry Chilli, he's certainly boss or ruling panel material but I think he's locked up now I'm not sure.

Another stone gangster, and VERY well respected. But he can't seem to stay out of prison, and I heard that he was spending a lot of time in Florida before he got violated and sent back last year. It wouldn't surprise me if he headed south for good.

So PB is the power base today in Queens/Long Island or Brooklyn?

Probably Long Island. Six on one, half-a-dozen on the other.

One thing's for sure: It ain't in the Bronx.

Little off topic but who's stronghold would u consider Staten Island. I see guys from all families here, either living or hanging out at a local bar/restraunt. Mostly it's bonannos guys I see hanging around....

Once again id say pizza boy is pretty much right, I have heard that Mancuso is the boss, but I also dont think it matters, because i cant see him meddling too much out of his Bronx comfort zone. And like pizza boy said there are no more major players left of the Bonnanos in the Bronx, Vinny was respected by all the other families in the Bronx, Johnny Joe is another guy who for the most part was respected in the Bronx, Mancuso on the other hand is hot and cold as far as the other families are conserned some guys from Pehlam bay/Country club like him and some hate him its the life,

1 guy who like him was angelo prisco whose driver was recording him for all of 2004. he was saying mike was a good guy and was gonna help him out with some electrical contract or some shit. think they were splitting parts of that festival. there acouple articles on n.j. com good reading. funny story about steven segal going to some prison in nj to visit prisco for protection.

I've heard that about Meldish, and we've discussed it here. But I don't believe it. Not for a minute. The Meldishes hurt so many people in their lives that it could have been anybody. The cops don't care, and that's how we should leave it .

Furthermore, the last time they did a hit in this neighborhood (Throggs Neck/Country Club), Vinny ended up getting life. Meldish got popped right around the corner from Vinny's wife's house. It happened only a month or two after three of Vinny's kids were indicted in that high grade pot case. There's NO WAY the Bonannos would sanction a hit in this neighborhood at that time. That's my opinion about it, anyway .

As far as Mikey Mancuso and Pelham Bay, I didn't say that he didn't have ANY friends. But the Westside and Lucchese powers that be barely acknowledge him. Especially the guy over here in Country Club .

Talk is cheap. He didn't end up lifting a finger to help Angelo.

I heard Mancuso also has a nephew, who is a tough guy, not made though who runs around the Bronx, touting how important Michael Mancuso is lol! but the thing with meldish that made it so i wouldn't be surprised if it was Mancusos doing, is idk what happned but those guys were on the defensive looking over their shoulder Meldish was no one to play games with

If he did it, he did it on the sneak. For the reasons that I stated.

But back on topic. He still has five years to go. Who the fuck even knows what the street will look like in five years? But I'll be SHOCKED if he's in the administration, let alone the boss. But time alone will tell .

Pb any idea where Vinny TV and Balsamo fit in with the Bonannos?

Why would basciano involve mancuso in the hit on Ralph pizzolo if he didn't think anything of him ?? There must have been some trust there

Who said anything about Vinny?

I said the Westside and Lucchese guys have no use for him. As far as Vinny goes, he trusted Dom Cicale on a couple hits, too. And look how well that turned out for him.

And trust me. By the time Vinny went away there was no love lost between him and the other guy.

Yeah that's true , I just think there isn't that much quality left within the bonnano ranks , I was reading about the calabrese family supposedly there a family to watch , wot is your take on that pal ??

You know I never speculate about people I don't know, Dom .

They're from Staten Island, though. And I know that one of them is close to Vito. And Vito has some friends and family here in the Bronx.

So Vito is well liked from what I understand. But I don't know much else about him .

Thanks pal , 6:40 in the morning here , off to work soon . Have a good night buddy

Asaro is a degenerate, an alcaholic who was bitter because he had to hand over a couple grand too DiFiore, bet he's broke. He got demoted and his soon Jerome took over his crew, he HATES Jerome now. Apparently DiFiore made him a captain again and now he hates him lol

I heard he was a drunk and a stupid one at that. Are you saying he stopped to his son Jerome after he got promoted and the reason is because he got promoted if that is the case he is fucked right up.