there is a limit in how much you can call shots from prison remember the feds were moving him around all over the country prison to prison thats hard to communicate.

It would be impossible for him run the day to day and that is what ligambi did he strengthened and rebuilt the family and gained it respect from New York.

Joey had no choice but to make Ligambi acting boss because there was no one else on the streets everyone was prison. Ligambi deserves the credit for rebuilding not saying merlino did not have power but Ligambi was the guy who managed to keep that family around


He created his own problems and rats bobby lusi him and borgesi bringing that idiot around and then making him a member after knowing the guy for a year and then a capo the guy had no idea what he was doing previte was giving him stolen watches all sorts he could never move any of it he had to send it back and then the coke deal was just embarrassing. All those bookies who flipped his fault. He embarrassed the name of that family New York was ready to move in after he went to prison Ligambi deserves credit for rebuilding its reputation.