Amuso is still the official boss of the Lucchese Family but being locked up for the last 23 years what control can he still have over the Lucchese Family?

*What amount of estimated tribute does Amuso get from the Luccheses?

*I assume he has the power to promote/demote family administration members or only to some degree?

*He obviously can't personally use any tribute money he gets from the Luccheses, so what is the point of holding on to the reigns of the Lucchese Family?

*Being in prison for so long must leave him "out of touch with the streets" so can't the Luccheses just get rid of this guy but polling the capos and presenting their case to the commission?

Isn't Crea the official boss...? My guess is Amuso is hated for what he and Casso did to the Lucchese family, so I doubt the capos and soldiers are eager to give him anything, even less take any sort of orders from him.

Apparently he isn't very well liked on the streets and was "invited" to step down as official boss but declined.

He still remains the official boss and Steve Crea is still acting boss/official underboss.

Very little, if any imo. If he is still official boss then it's in name only. Crea & Madonna are the real powers in the family.

And the santorelli's

Everyone's personal assumptions and guesswork aside, Amuso is still the official boss of the family and still has clout, ie it's more than "name only." The FBI said so and so did Capeci.

The FBI & George Anastasia said Ligambi was the boss of Philly.

And old, "hot button issue" to get people arguing .

Surely we ain't discussing this again for the millionth time , I will scream if someone asks who is the lucchese underboss

Check your pm, Dom. I opened mine for you and a few trusted friends.

scarpo said George borgesi was the boss of Philly , is there no truth to that ?????

Same old same old.

By the same guy same guy.

Don't take the bait, boys.

Sounds good PB.

Amuso isn't Persico and understand that can't be a boss and a lifer,so stapped down to Crea in 2013.

Non rispondere a questo ragazzo, Furio. Lui è un agitatore. Mi dispiace per mia ortografia. Ma, non è vero?

Sorry, SC. I know you don't like foreign languages on the boards. Just this once, though .

Anyone who thinks Crea isn't the boss is crazy, no one is taking orders for Amuso, So even if he hasn't technically said im stepping down does it matter, wouldn't you consider the person boss is making every decision for that family, To be a boss of a family from the inside you need a strong support system on the outside of people loyal to you he didn't have that before he went away never mind 20 years down the line, So Crea is the boss, and to answer the question Amuso has no control over the families administration

THE END

You guys know how I feel about Stevie. But if an argument breaks out here, you're giving the trolls EXACTLY what they want. "They" know EXACTLY which threads to start.

When you're right, you're right.

Some of these threads by certain posters you can tell are done with a specific purpose.

Amuso hasn't given an order since he had Scarfo Jr. inducted as a favor to Nick, imo

Observant, and right on fucking point.

None. Period.

And how did we find out further info? The FBI.

The same reasoning employed above was used by others to argue Pete Gotti wasn't the boss, or Jackie D'Amici acting boss, and that Nick Corozzo was really running things. Of course, this turned out not to be true and the official info from the Feds was correct. Yet people continue to ignore what the FBI and OC experts like Capeci say in favor of whatever "makes sense" to them.

That said, I will take PBs advice and not feed into the OPs trolling anymore.

Amuso was politely "invited" to step down by some members of the Lucchese family but declined the "invitation".

The rumour that Amuso had stepped down came from Capeci, who later withdrew that claim.

Official underboss is Steve Crea.
Acting underboss is Matthew Madonna (or should I say: "WAS acting underboss")
He'll be carted off to prison soon after his guilty plea.

The Gotti's/D'Amico had a lot of supporters in the family on the street, all of the Brooklyn Luke's went to jail for long sentences, with none of Vic's loyalists on the street, of course he's going to fade from power.

You're playing right into his hands. He lives for this. But that's it. I'll stop now.

So we could find out further info via the FBI down the line that Crea was/is boss. Surely you can't contradict yourself now by saying it's not possible that Crea is boss?