Joey Lubrano was sent to jail for allegedly assaulting some guys at a bar in Manhattan, and in actuality two guys from the Tanglewood Boys were responsible, Joe took the rap for them and one was the son of Tony Santorelli so they apparently owed him one
Tony the Kid is right. That's it in a nutshell. The Santorellis obviously felt that they owed Lubrano. The Luccheses, as a whole, do not. And that debt has already been paid anyway.
Besides, you don't start making captains and underbosses just because a guy is the right age and did a little jail time. I realize in this day and age that it gets lost. But when you're in the life, you're
supposed to do the time.