Permission no, just the balls to stand up to the fake guys pretending it’s 30 years ago hoping reputation will scare you enough to get their permission and pay tribute. Why do you think most of the big cities are run by other groups on the street now? Because the Italians don’t live there and the current guys are soft from the burbs. Trying to live on the past reputation of their families.
I would imagine the only way a guy gets in deep shit is if he starts renting a building that is owned by a connected guy and tries to run an operation behind his back or he was handed a loan to open his bar for example.. That would easily be justification for a visit to let the guy know his bullshit needs to stop unless he hands over a percentage of his earnings. If he doesn’t listen then the place gets torched or simply he’s put out of business by other measures. As you know there are in fact still some neighborhoods where the buildings and so forth are all in the name of guys who are connected.
Real estate is a good money maker for the mob today.,
