Originally Posted By: jace
I find that very believable. Were they also kept out of commission meetings?


No, they still had a seat on the Commission after Joe Bonanno was kicked out but it seems they were squeezed out of the labor union rackets, which included a lot of joint-family operations. The Bonannos lost their seat on the Commission in 1979, albeit temporarily of course. Their excessive involvement in narcotics may have been one reason but, according to Jerry Capeci, it had more to do with the family not being unified and the much disputed reign of Carmine Galante. The revelation a couple years later of Pistone infiltrating the family didn't help either. The family didn't regain it's seat until the 1990's when Massino became boss.


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