Nicolo was never exiled from Montreal though, especially not under the orders of NY. Dunno where you got that tidbit of info from....Violi went to NY to get permission to kill him, NY wouldnt grant him with their approval, because they couldnt. Violi went to Sicily to meet with Giuseppe Settecasi and then asked him for permission, Settecasi had no intention of turning on his own, and ultimately being held responsible for the murder of a Sicilian made guy by a Calabrian who had no links to them. Violin went back, I believe there may have been a second meeting in Montreal between Nicolo, Settecasi, & Violi. And the result was the same but they were advise to amicably work it out. Nicolo still doing his own thing, felt Violi would ultimately try to kill him anyway, so he voluntarily left, for Venezuela and settled with with another family of crime from the triangle of Agrigento, the Caruana-[BadWord]. Whom were made members of the Siculiana Family. That's where Nicolo and by extension, Vito's drug pipeline truly came from. Nicolo and the Caruanas-[BadWord] developed business relationships with South American Drug Cartels, a pipeline NY Bonannos and the Calabrian faction once loyal to them didnt have. Nicolo set up a powdered milk business and furniture export companies in Venezuela which was used to refine the drugs sold to them by the Cartels and then exported into Montreal. The Calabrian side no doubt profitted from this, but they were more like sellers while the Rizzutos were the suppliers. Mind you this really came into effect post Cotroni. But again, Nicolo wasnt exiled, he voluntarily left. And he'd still make visits to Montreal from time to time during this period when the Violis & Cotronis were still in power.


Also, link of piece of document which states Grecos unhappiness with having to deal with NY, and an example of if Nicolo truly answered to NY, why Violi wouldnt have needed permission, as it ultimately boiled down to being a local matter.

And since we have no information or knowledge of Vito being made in NY, I'm going to say his loyalty and allegiance was to his father.