Gaspipe and Vic Amuso was in Christy Tick Furnari's crew out of Dyker Heights?Bensonhurst while the other Brooklyn crew headed by Vario was based out of Canarsie/Flatlands/Queens. So by the time of Tommy D's death Gaspipe might of had hearsay knowledge he might not be "in the know" as one would think given his high ranking in the mid 80s. DeMeo was based in Canarsie flatlands and after his demise his main guys Testa and Senter and Profeta kind of drifted into the Lucchese crew taken over by Amuso/Casso, they might have drifted to Vario at this time but remember Hill flipped in the early 80s and Vario/Burke was on the ropes so Testa/Senter gravitated to the 19th hole Amuso/Casso faction at this time as Gaggi was facing tremendous heat and let the Lucchese Family take the remnants of the DeMeo crew at this time because he didn't need the headache and was fighting for his freedom at this time. Gaggi told Testa/Senter to take out DeMeo and they could go to the Lucchese faction and they executed that to a t. Gaggi released them to the 19th hole after that.