Nicholas (Nicky) Russo was almost certainly made before 1957. I’m not sure which faction he was with. Born in 1910, Nicky ran a small crew of made guys in Trenton NJ for the Gambinos for decades. He was the driver and backup shooter for the Alfredo Santantonio hit in Brooklyn in 1963. He was in the group that did about 2 years in 1970 on contempt charges for refusing to cooperate with the NJ state commission on organized crime. Others in that group included Bobby Manna, Nicky Scarfo, and Jerry Catena. His son was killed and he was wounded in a shootout with a Gambino associate in 1979. Participated in the murder of Johnny Keys in 1980. Got permission from Paul Castellano to avenge his son. The Philly family did the work as a favor in 1981. He was the go-between for Scarfo and Castellano (later Gotti) until his death from natural causes in the mid-80s.