It seems that Nick Caramandi must have come out of Northern NJ, around the Newark area.

Because in a book about him, in his own recorded words he says that he first started coming around to a private social club in Newark after he was invited by a few hoods he had met.

He also said he was nuts to get made. That once he was, he was forced to walk lock-step. He no longer could operate freely and missed out on many lucrative schemes such as drugs running, and other things because he was told not too. Worst move of his life as per his words.

Also, he was only straightened out "three years" before he flipped. And that was because he feared that "Nutty Nicky" would have him clipped like he'd seen Scarfo do to others.

So he ran to the fee-bees for protection. Scarfo had actually scared Caramandi straight into the arms of the feds.