He's no boss of cleveland ! He was here bcuz he left NY. He opened & operated lucrative businesses. Whether he was kicking back & to who- i dont know. I dont know if he was close or in good standing w/ salerno, but thats who cleveland tied to NY (the danny greene)situation/ j white asked fat tony for help.
Who knows ? He could have been sent here to get things going- w/ cleveland or a NY family