He's perfectly fine with his acting UB position, in which he just mostly aides his son, Johnny who handles the daily activity of an actual underboss.

Are you by any chance close to the Changs? How would you know if he's fine with that position? Assuming he even has that position. I love it when posters around here can actually understand the current feelings of alleged underbosses lol. Maybe he only took it because they wanted him to have it. Do you realize how sad Philly has become? We might as well talk about them in the past tense. The only reason we're not seeing any fights or shootings is because there's nothing left. What are you gonna fight over? A book? smh

Pretty sure that's what I just said. And no, I'm not close to the Changs or anyone else in Philadelphia. But when the likes of George Anastasia reports that 80+ year old Chickie was given the UB spot in NAME only, simply because of his years as a stand up guy, and that is in turn co-signed by other mob reporters who deal with Philadelphia, and you have yet to hear otherwise from the Philly natives on here, or any reporter stating different, that's pretty much all you can go on.

He's an advisor, that's it. The guys 80+ years old, again, you're telling me he desires a boss position, for what? What would be the benefits of that for him? Other than a target on his back?

I love it when some noob signs up with Soprano character's name and thinks he's more in the know than anyone else. All we have to go on are FBI reports and news articles. News articles state Chickie is comfortable where he is.

When did I claim to know more than anyone else? I'm not the one who claims to know the mindstate of Chickie Chang.

And when did I say Chickie wanted the boss position? You sound like you have a head problem. Wanna keep assuming about what other people think?

I ain't no noob my friend.

As far as my name goes, didn't you name yourself after a rat's book? Good luck with that. Smh

Fact is, FBI reports and news articles claim him to be UB in title only, a position which they claim, he's happy with because he deals mostly with his son only. Recent articles have him attempting to bridge the gap between the Merlino & Borgesi, simply by giving suggestions. Until they report otherwise, or report that he has some newfound desire to run things, maybe you'll have a point.

Sinatra,
You have no idea if Chickie has no desire to be boss and to come and out categorically state he wont be and has no desire to be is simply wrong.

Moreso when you're called out about it you insult the guy who called you out. Cifaretto never said Chickie had desires to be boss, you're the only one who stated his intentions. You then call the guy a noob and insult his moniker.

Put simply, you're wrong on all counts here.

Sinatra,
You have no idea if Chickie has no desire to be boss and to come and out categorically state he wont be and has no desire to be is simply wrong.

Moreso when you're called out about it you insult the guy who called you out. Cifaretto never said Chickie had desires to be boss, you're the only one who stated his intentions. You then call the guy a noob and insult his moniker.

Put simply, you're wrong on all counts here.

Even if someone did report that he was happy with his position then that sill leaves a lot of questions. I find it amazing that you can read a report about someone's state of mind and then run with it like it's gospel. What do you do when posters with "inside" knowledge tell you something? Sal Polisi's lack of credibility doesn't bother you? Maybe we should take those "reports" with a grain of salt, instead of passing them off as facts.

Read my posts, what I said was when you read reports and articles, and the Philly natives on this forum and others like it, co-sign that information, odd's are thats the way it is, NOT JUST the articles. Nobody Chickie Chang wants to be boss. NOBODY is saying that he's in the running. NOBODY. The evidence just isn't there.

Nobody insulted you, like I said, I used the same exact analogy you used when you stated "I love it when guys assume yada yada yada..." I'm not assuming anything, people on this forum will tell I contribute a lot with these discussions. Especially Philly, I'm not from there, nor I have ever claimed to be. But I read, I research things and use some of that in what I say on here, if someone from Philly who actually knows these guys tells me I'm wrong, I'm always the first to accept it. This isn't coming out of nowhere, he's been home for about a year and a half, and there's nothing out there, from natives on here, or Anastasia or any other writer, or the feds themselves, that Chickie Chang is going to be boss in the near future or at all. Nothing. Ask Serp, HandsomeStevie, NickyWhip, any of them, don't take my word for it, if it's clearly so troubling for you that I say Chickie Chang becoming boss is unlikely, very unlikely. Maybe one of their words would do better for you.

Chickie Chang becoming boss is NEVER GONNA HAPPEN! Period.

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Philly Mafia remains splintered but adds some new blood

The Philadelphia mafia remains at least by traditional mob standards to be a dysfunctional family as various factions try and coexist on the streets. According to sources this hasn’t stopped the Philly mob from adding to its ranks with a recent making ceremony led by alleged boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino. At least three new members were inducted into themafia in Philadelphia, according to sources one of which was somehow related to Phil Narducci. With the current instability within the family the move to induct one of Narducci’s guys seems to be a sort of good will gesture to keep things peaceful. Even with the addition of some new blood the family remains fractured into various factions representing two different eras of the crime family’s history according to Scott Burnstein and his Gangsterreport.

The Scrafo era mobsters from the 1980’s are separated into two faction, one led by Phil Narducci and another by Joseph “Joey Pung” Pungitore. The Merlino faction from the 90’s which was once whole has now been split into two camps, one backing alleged family boss Joey Merlino and another backing former Merlino consigliereGeorge Borgesi. Recent tensions between Borgesi and former underboss Marty Angelina caused a break in the Merlino faction according to reports. Sources confirm that Merlino tried to mediate the dispute unsuccessfully among the childhood friends after Borgesi requested permission to kill Angelina for moving in on his rackets while he was in prison. Borgesi is believed to now be establishing a power base mostly backed by non-made guys outside of South Philly.

Things remain quiet overall as the factions have peacefully co-existed so far with acting boss Steven Mazzoneas a sort of intermediary between the key players in Merlino and Narducci who have never seen eye to eye. The feds maintain that Merlino is currently the official boss of the family with Mazzone serving as acting boss handling day to day operations whileJohn “Johnny Chang” Ciancagliniserves as underboss. Former acting boss Joseph Ligambi and veteran mobster Joseph “Chickie” Ciangcaglini both serve as dual consigliere’s. Although it seems with the various factions that have developed the Philly mafia may not be fully functioning along the lines of the traditional mafia structure.

Merlino remains in Florida, where he has lived since his release from prison in 2011 but has made several trips back to Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore in the last few months now that he is off parole and has no limitations. Although some believe he is being influenced by some of his key people to spend more time in Philly overseeing things on the streets. It seems the mob in the City of Brotherly Love is a powder keg which could explode at any time and with the history of this Cosa Nostra family it would be a surprise to no one if things eventually became violent.