Infelice was part of a deeper crew, it took longer to climb the ranks & there were way more heavies in his crew. Just because Lumbo was made boss before Rocky doesn't mean much, you follow the rank of your crew. Cicero was an absurdly deep crew & Rocky had to wait in line.
Hell, Lumbo & the Mooch are on tape talking about avoiding on stepping on Ferriola's toes & steering clear of his territory.
Also, at the end, Rocky was arguably #1 in the entire org, Lumbo never was close to that.
Lumbo was probably always higher up (and far wealthier) than Infelise. Remember that Lombardo was in charge of the Outfit's skim in Vegas and most assumed he took control of the Outfit when he went back on the street in the early 90s. Infelice was never even close to that level. He was always a street hood who started in drugs and really made his name working for Turk Torello alongside Pete DiPietto and Butch Petrocelli.
