Return Of The Gotti Regime? Remnants Of Dapper Don Era Influencing Gambino Mob Sicilian Branch’s Modern-Day Leadership

January 3, 2025 — Since it’s well-established LCN history that revered New York mafia street boss Lorenzo Mannino rose through the ranks of the Gambino crime family on the Gottis’ watch, it really shouldn’t be surprising that several former Gotti-era acolytes play power-wielding roles in the current Gambino mob under the organization’s Sicilian wing regime.

The Sicilians grabbed the reins from the Gotti faction in the early 2010s. Like Mannino, — suave as he is beloved, — many of the Gambino Sicilians emerged as made men to be reckoned with in the flashy and fierce Gotti era of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Some of them are making a more recent impact, though, according to exclusive sourcing.

Mannino, 65, was convicted of a playing a role in the May 1988 mob-murder of Frank Oliveri ordered by the Gottis and Cherry Hill Gambino brothers as retribition for an unsanctioned mob associate related to a dope debt and did a decade in the can. He’s sat on the throne since 2019, getting a bump up from consigliere upon the unexpected slaying of his predecessor and close friend Frank (Frankie Boy) Cali in March 2019 by a mentally-ill Staten Islander.

Mannino’s underboss is the venerable Lenny (The Conductor) DiMaria, the consummate NYC gangland politician and network guy who first became a captain in the Gotti years of the crime family. Word is also spreading that Gene Gotti and Nicholas (Little Nicky) Corozzo are exercising more authority inside the borgata lately. They were cut loose from the feds in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Gotti, 78 and a skipper prior to his incarceration, did 30 years for a heroin-trafficking conviction.

“Little Nicky” Corozzo, 84, has been campaigning for the consigliere post vacated voluntarily by another former Gotti era loyalist Michael (Mickey Boy) Paradiso, the past six months or so, per sources. Paradiso, 81, and Corozzo, 84, were initially rivals of the Gottis in the crime family, but eventually became key cogs in the Gotti mob kingdom’s support base. DiMaria and Corozzo looked after Gambino affairs in Florida in the 1990s and 2000s from their headquarters in Brooklyn before getting pinched and doing time in the feds.

Gene Gotti, the younger brother of the legendary Big Apple mafia chieftain, the deceased Gambino superpower John (The Dapper Don) Gotti, is allegedly filling an active advisory role to Mannino, DiMaria and the Gambino clan’s official boss, 77-year old Domenico (Italian Dom) Cefalu.

Sources say Gotti may soon replace the 83-year old DiMaria as Mannino’s No. 2 and second-in-charge due to DiMaria’s desire to lighten his responsibility road. Last year, The Sitdownpodcast reported that Gotti is already serving as the Gambino mob’s underboss. John Gotti died of cancer doing life in the can back in 2002, his reign on the street coming to an end at a heavily-publicized 1992 federal racketeering and murder trial. Corozzo once sat on a ruling panel for the borgata in the years following John Gotti’s imprisonment.

Steadfastly-loyal Gotti confidant and acting boss John (Jackie the Nose) D’Amico oversaw the Sicilians on behalf of the at-first-skeptical Gotti regime and came to help mentor Mannino and others in Mannino’s inner-circle, including “Frankie Boy” Cali. D’Amico cashed in his chips from retirement last year at the age of 87. “Italian Dom” Cefalu has led the Gambinos on paper for the past decade and a half, but allowed Cali and now Mannino handle day-to-day business on his behalf. Mannino remains tight with and takes counsel from Cali’s brother-in-law, Gambino mob capo Pietro (Tall Pete) Inzerillo, too.

Bunch of damn near 90 year olds. Safe to say that return is not happening.

If Gotti is really in the Administration he has bigger balls than his brother John

Say what you will but Gene would have made a better boss than the others. Just how I see it.

Plus he's only 79 years old, not even 80 yet. He easily could be leading this family and be successful for another 5-7 years depending on his health mentally as long as he doesn't have any underlying health issues.

They say people are living longer than ever nowadays. Off topic but we might see the 1st 150-year or 200-year old in our lifetime.

Why Gene Gotti should risk to die in prison? He made over 35 years in prison,should be an idiot to turn in an active role.

The Dumb ass FBI is cancelling their organized crime squads left and right around the country. Look at Boston.

As long as he doesn't do something really stupid he has nothing to worry about. He's not on parole like Mancuso was.

STUPID FUCKIN FBI HAHAHAHAA Cancelling their organized crime task forces HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. How stupid can they be? The mob guys are laughing their asses off at this.

Age really means very little when it comes to the mob. It's not like they're working manual labor jobs.

Exactly. All that metters is being mentally fit for the job unless you are an enforcer. Today its highly unlikely a boss is doing that.

They do need young guns but for the guys at the top, it doesn't really matter.

Always gotta have guys capable of violence and enforcing rules physically. No matter if you use that kind of stuff anymore is besides the point.

You gotta have guys that can break legs if necessary.