If he's a street guy then why is he talking about several mobsters positions in crime families, can't imagine a street guy doing that. And I'd imagine the people he's connected to would look down on it.

You kidding? You're from London and you're giving skinny shit?
Mate trust me when I say this. You have NO idea what you're talking about. ALL you should be doing is tipping your hat, saying thank you and walking on by.

Ovation too. 'Francesco'?! Shows what you know.

Both need to pull your heads in.

Tommy no disrespect intended here but its 2013. To quote my favorite rappers; the game dun changed. I think you would be suprised how many guys posting on here got connections.

I'm actually from Nottingham, why should I tip my hat? The guy claims Skinny is a street guy, street guys don't go on the Internet and talk about crime.

And what's to stop any street guy from going online and into a forum under an assumed name and getting into conversations, debates, and occasionally sharing inside info?

What the fuck is a dry snitch? Isnt that a guy who gives info to the feds but never has to testify?

European guys and Google research guys: Have a little more faith in the people who have lived in these neighborhoods and dealt with these guys all their lives. If you open your minds, you'll be shocked to find out that some of us (yes, I modestly include myself) know what the fuck we're talking about.

Let's get back to having a conversation on the topic of the Gambino Family....

Ovation, Jojo corozzo is just as respected as his brother. Maybe you are thinking of Blaise? Nicky is feared, but Jojo is liked. Both are huge money machines and politicians. They were never Gotti guys either. Gotti took Nickys stripes when he got boss and Nicky basically ran his crew anyways. Gotti decided it was impossible to keep a guy as powerful as corozzo down, and gave him back his rank. When gotti went down and he put junior as head of a panel that was basically the end of gottis being in power. The corozzos basically called the shots. A lot of captains still listen to their word. The gotti guys that are left arent gotti guys any more. Damico isnt a captain. Trucchio and Cacciapola both are closer to corozzos, except a few of Tommys guys. Other queens guys (gottis old nhood) are/were corozzo guys. Louis Mastrangelo was JoJos driver and is the only reason hes captain.

Daniel Marino i think of more as being allied with Castellano. Not gotti or gambino. He had the corozzos support to become boss, but he turned it down, so they went to a ruling panel. Only gambino was left so he promoted someone younger to take over for him. When cefalu got picked who was running the family on the street???? you guys still think that cefalu got elected? Its laughable, imagine 20 guys sitting at a big ass table, doing what putting names in a hat? No doubt Cali became under, look who hes so close to.

How is cali lowkey? Look at his fucking house! Low key cause he hasnt been caught? He hasnt done anything. Hes a half a gangster. Hes like TV, a business man who turned gangster. Never cracked a egg, pushed a button, however you wanna say it. Guys like that, especially if they do not have senority cannot succesfully run a family. Look at history for this... Junior Gotti, Jackie DAmico, Mikey Scars Dileonardo. Never were respected. The top guys in the family are John Gambino Nick Corozzo, Danny Marino. Lorenzo Mannino runs the heaviest crew in brooklyn right now, he will be one of the top guys in the family in a few years. He is already close.

What is D'Amico doing nowadays? Soldier?

Middle america guys lol. Cuz only wiseguys on the east coast.

I agree more or less with your first 2 paragraphs (don't really know about the finer details you talk about), but have to disagree with the 3rd. Cali clearly has a lot of power. To move up as quickly as he has at his age pretty much shows that. His Sicilian connectiosn are overrated since it's not like the FBI is going to allow any substantial business to happen internationally. However, he has many allies and a strong business sense. That's more than enough in the Mafia today.

With regard to the article: did it really say anything any of you didn't know? It didn't say he's boss. It says sources are saying his rise to boss is imminent. It says he's set to be the next boss. And? Haven't you all been saying that all along? Anyone of you could have put that in an article and sold it. Read it very closely, there's nothing in it you all didn't already know.

Well that's one thing that is not overrated: his sicilian connections. Not to quote a cheesy quote, but "over there he is everything".

I always thought that Nicchi was telling Rotolo that Cali was everthing over here (New York), just asking though but maybe I misunderstood. Either way he's clearly a force to be reckoned with.

[quote=carmela]With regard to the article: did it really say anything any of you didn't know? It didn't say he's boss. It says sources are saying his rise to boss is imminent. It says he's set to be the next boss. And? Haven't you all been saying that all along? Anyone of you could have put that in an article and sold it. Read it very closely, there's nothing in it you all didn't already know.

i think the next round up is gonna be sooner rather than later, we dont know the full extent of the stefannelli tapes, i know he was a jersey guy but the way the used him as kind of an emmissary makes me think he reported to people high up in new york, we know john gambino is pretty incriminated by them and for all we know he got cali on tape to.

They used the tapes in the philly trial even though he was dead and best guess about why the indictments having come down yet is because they are going to incorporate the tapes into a major rico case targeting a lot of people and bunch of other crimes which can take a long time.