Sonny Black, Sonny Red and Phil Lucky had a lot of connections nationally. Who did Big Joe know except the families in New York? No one. That is why there were no joint ventures with other families nation wide, he even ordered his men to stop joint ventures with other New York families, but there are a few of them that did not obey Joe's orders and you can see these guys have gained power and wealth since then.


"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green