Agreed I think that was a exaggerated number Franzese threw out there to sell his story, do I think he made millions yeah but not that much. Like you said if he brought that much they woulda been a war between alll the families not just the Colombo’s. Is perisco relatives even loaded like that? I know John gambinos family is loaded to the point his grand kids, grand kids, grand kids are set. They can wipe their ass with $100 bills and not hurt their pockets

How much money do you think John Gambino made compared to what Franzese said that he made? Just as much? As for the 2 mill a week to Persico, I would guess that he means on a great week. It probably varied from 6 figures to 7 maybe but I think there is no doubt that Franzese was probably making millions a week himself along with his partner Larry Iorizzo. Franzese along with a few others were making that overseas Italian OC level of money. Maybe not like the top Italian guys who were close to billionaires but he sure lasted longer than most of them.

That family got to be in the 8-9 figures the gambinos/inzerillos, today. I’m sure franzese is a millionaire but he don’t got their money

politicians being in bed with OC died in the 60s 70s. There’s too much money coming from corporate America for them to fool around with criminals. They’ll grease a union official before someone who sits on the senates seat

Many crews were dominant in Harlem and the Bronx historically like the Genovese. I am not sure if a Brooklyn gangster ever took the top spot within the genovese family.

In south Brooklyn the first major modern boss was Frankie Yale. His funeral was the biggest mafia funeral in NY ever. He was one of a new breed of gangster who believed in putting business ahead of ego, but for some reason Yale is somewhat overlooked in crime histories.

I think because he was never really apart of the commission. He died right before what some could consider the golden age of the American mob. Also, I don’t think he belonged to a particular mafia family. Did he teach Luciano and others about putting business first?

Historically have Manhattan bosses, captains been more business oriented while Brooklyn bosses been more "blue collar"? I know these are sweeping generalizations and I don't believe one area is more "sophisticated" than the other. There's just more money in Manhattan, that's obvious, and I'm wondering if that made a difference in how the mobsters came up.

I'm sure he dealt with the Camorra gangs and the Sicilians part of his territory was taken over by Profaci.

Where do you think he would’ve fallen had he lived? Would he have been a boss in his own family or would his crew have been absorbed by one of the 5 families?

allie shades must have had a powerfull crew he comes from under that guy mickey genoroso who was acting undeboss when chin put barney as the street boss and was said to be underbpss during the 2000"s up to his death a few years ago. but allie shades was the genoese garbage king he shared that with jimmy brown from the gambinos. ive read the famous nightclub in brooklyn pastels was allie shades and it seems just about every family hung out there even gotti.