Remember, Pittsburgh was one of the "smaller families," so their hierarchy is a bit different and much smaller. Strollo was a made member and the local media in Youngstown would refer to him as a "mob boss" because he was the most powerful mob figure in Youngstown since none of the other guys were made. He was also referred to as a Capo, and technically, he was a capo since he ran the entire Youngstown crew.

The same for Henry "Zebo" Zottola, who has been listed by certain media outlets as a made guy, when in fact he was a very trusted, high ranking associate and close to Genovese and Porter. Families like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Northeast Pennsylvania and Buffalo had to have made members approved by one of the New York families, mostly the Genovese Family in New York, which didn't really open the books very often for the smaller families. Hence, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and the rest of the smaller families are now defunct because of death, prison sentences, and defections.