I find this to be one of the great " Mob Mysteries";



Someone explain this one to me, cause it really never made any sense...
A while back someone posted a Ney Jersey crime report from 83, it said that Chris Funari was being groomed for boss.

Now I found this interesting, cause the guy was from what, Brooklyn? Right? But the power base was always the Bronx and Harlem, with a strong jersey faction.

Was it like' with the decline of the Pleasant ave drug markets, the Harlem crew lost influence to the Brooklyn crew, if even only temporarily?


Was Funari, like' much more respected and powerful than he's given credit for in history? Cause it seems the elevation of Amuso and Casso mostly had to do with his endorsement.



I just had kind of a flash in my mind, Amuso and Casso were big in drugs right? So a lot of that Harlem influence from narcotics revenues, might have flowed to the Brooklyn guys as the Harlem guys transitioned out of the neighborhood? Could that account for the shift in power? It also just occurred to me that Corralo' for all his union chicanery, did have a narcotics conviction, ( overturned on appeal but still), he might have had more in common with Amuso and Casso than we give credit.

You knowledgable guys help me sort this one out.....