Was just reading a few more of those old NY Times articles and a couple years after Gambino died the NYPD still thought that Dellacroce was the boss but the Feds knew it was Castellano.

Some of the more interesting articles were right after Gambino passed away and everyone was trying to figure out what was happening. One article said there was a debate going between law enforcement who was the most powerful mob guy in the country and some thought it was Joe Bonanno while others said Frank Tieri. Still others insisted it was Neil while others said it was Paul. It sounds like it was pretty confusing.

Another article said Carlo was trying to keep the books shut but was too physically weak to stop it. It said out of respect to Carlo while he was still alive they limited it to 10 guys per family but after he died the papers speculated that the floodgates would be open and how some guys were waiting a long time to be made. It said Gambino warned them about making too many new guys and he actually wanted to reduce the numbers not increase them. Sounds like he was worried about the new guys getting made.