Was mike nose part of the purple gang?
No
He's from eharlem friendly with prisco.
Ange has close to twenty years on Mancuso. That came much later. Ange's club was in Westchester Square. Mikey had a club by Lehman High School, and he was constantly in Fat Patty's club on Waterbury. It was that proximity that made them somewhat "friendly."
Vinny Basciano was MUCH closer to Prisco than the Nose ever was. If he didn't want his button yesterday, Vinny could have easily been made into the Westside. Ange loved him, so did Joe Sass. And Ange had the juice to trade for him with Fat Patty. But like I said, Vinny wanted his button yesterday.
In a parallel world, Vinny could easily have been a Westside heavyweight in the Bronx. But everything takes longer with the Genovese Family, and he didn't want to wait. I'm sure he thinks about it a lot today, though.
