As I understand it, Fat Tony was set to become boss but had the stroke before he actually assumed the position. When he was recovering, Chin took over as official boss. I think this was around 1981 or so. Which is also the year Cafaro said Lombardo stepped down. The feds didn't know Chin was the official boss until Cafaro revealed it when he flipped in 1986.

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