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It is definately alot to take in that they are the only ''4'' NYC bosses to have served 30+ years at the helm of their respective family. Not; V. Genovese; Frank Costello; Gambino; Rastelli; Mangano; Colombo.... Tommy Lucchese...The list goes on....
I can't wait to hear your take on this.....
ALSO!
Shouldn't Barney Bellomo be mentioned in this thread? Hasn't he been at the top of the Genovese family as ''Acting boss'' or ''Official Boss'' since 1990/1992?
This means that he has been in the top position in the Genovese family for over 30 years?
Barney Bellomo? Yessiree! I believe so.
This is good stuff!
He's not from NY. But another guy who I think deserves some props is Frank Zito, the longtime boss of Springfield, Illinois' borgata.
If I'm not mistaken, he became boss by at least 1931 (maybe earlier,) and remained the boss until his death in 1974. Thats a forty-some-odd-year run. (not bad, right?)
He lived quietly and prosperously, essentially never served any real jail time, and with the exception of the Apalachin debacle in 1957, largely flew under the radar for most of his career.
