I dont know if anyone heard cause i havent seen it posted here but little nick has turned himself in and pleaded not guilty to charges against him.... hes being held without bail... A couple weeks ago he was on America's Most Wanted ...it seems pretty unclear before the indictments in february tho in the gambino family because jackie nose was listed as the acting boss but some other articles i looked into said little nick had the final word on all family matters... an article in the post also said no one was going to stand in his way of becoming boss... i wonder who really called the shots at the time... there also is no word on who the acting boss is as of now considering jackie nose will be in prison for a couple years on his plea deal

The way things have been going for the Gambinos, you or I could show up and claim to be the Acting Don...

Don't be so hasty Turnbull. If you do that to the Mafia they will strike back.

Actually, if you look at the indictments just this decade, the Gambinos are a strong #2 behind the Genovese in terms of the level of activity and scope of their operations.

Let me say that I had the "priviledge". to be incarcerated with this "Gentleman" in the Federal Detention Center "MCC" in NYC in August.

After spending my initial two weeks in the S.H.U., which is the solitary confinement unit, I was released into "GenPop". For a 40 year old jewish kid from Brooklyn arrested indicted for a white collar crime, this was eye opening.

I was assigned a cell in the 9N Unit next to a small guy named Nicky. When I entered the tier, he was the first to speak to me. He asked if I came from the "SHU". I told he "yes". He knows that after coming from the SHU, you have nothing. He immeditely "ordered" the guys on the tier to give me everything from shower shoes to instant soups and soap. He asked me to join him and the fellas in a game of Dominos.

Let me say that until I got released on bail, I had no idea who he "was" other than his name. He had mentioned to me what part of brooklyn he was from. He seemed very opinionated on "Mob Rats". He also said the Feds were trying to give him Life.

I was amazed, once I googled him and saw his picture.

All I can say is "THANKS" to Nicky for making my stay there a bit more comfortable. He truly represents the old school gangster image.

Nick is definitely one from the old school. If it weren't for his legal troubles, he would probably be boss right now. As it now stands, it looks like he will be doing 15 years.

Which, at 68 years of age, pretty much means he's going to die in jail. I'm surprised he took the plea.

Apparantly this guy never got along with Gotti niether, when Gotti was running things (into the ground) Shows you not all mobsters are complete idiots.

I think its 13 and a half years, but yeah, a possible life sentence.
Like DeLo said, some sources state him as the sole boss, while others name him and Jackie "Nose" D'Amico. His brother Jo-Jo serves as consigliere while another brother Blaise is listed as a Gambino sidewalk soldier.
With such family clout in the Gambino heirarchy, its likely Nick copped a plea in the knowledge that his rackets would be in the safe hands of his (blood) family.

One thing i find interesting: The Corozzo's migrated from Piedmont, in the very north of Italy, not traditionally seen as part of the mafia's fiefdom. While in Italy the regional differences of the Camorra, N'drangheta and Cosa Nostra still matter, in the melting pot of America these distictions are obsolete, and even an Italian descended from Northerners can join the originally Sicilian syndicate, the only other requisite being his criminality.

A guy named babyface that used to run with the Gambino's as an associate posted all the actual members of the family on another site. The guy is in the witness protection program, he said. He listed Nicky as just a top Capo, and that Peter "One Eye" Gotti runs the family from his prison cell.

You know what? I think your right. I went from memory and should have double checked my facts before posting. I have read articles painting him as one of or the top dog, but more sources list him as capo. Still, he sounds like he has a decent powerbase from available information.

Peter Gotti is the official boss, but he's still got 20 odd years to serve and doesnt exactly strike me as a Carmine Persico type, ruling from jail through proxies. This guy is known for being on the slow side. I wonder sometimes just how seriously he is taken on the streets, with savvy mobsters like Corozzo and Nose D'Amico in the top echelon. Uncle Junior sorta thing maybe?

Nicky is a powerful Gambino member for sure. He's the head capo in the famiglia.

Peter Gotti- According to the Soprano's actor Richard Maldone he was a very powerful mafia don. Maldone was a Gambino associate who sold dope for them. Look it up.

Heh. Allie Boy Barese?

Peter Gotti- According to the Soprano's actor Richard Maldone he was a very powerful mafia don. Maldone was a Gambino associate who sold dope for them. Look it up.


Hm. Um, can you please direct me to this information? I understand the sweep that he was caught in, Operation Beach Boys, and the wiretaps, but was it Maldone making the apparant reference to Gotti?

Are there any Gotti's left on the street? With D'Amico's ties to the Gotti family, i figure the powerbase on the streets for Peter is there (im only assuming) Corozzo had well known attitudes towards John Gotti. I wonder how he really feels about the man sitting in the Gambino Top Spot?

How powerful is Nick these days? Would not such a high profile cause more problems then anything?

I shouldn't have to pull up info for you but I'll do it just once. Maldone made the comment about boss Peter Gotti. From what I read is he was caught on a wire tap. If I don't kick up to John then I'll be in trouble with the eye, he said. He was talking about collecting drug money for his capo John Carneglia. The eye he was talking about was Peter. I forgot what source I got it from. Hope you find it!

So what part of Brooklyn was Corozzo from?I read somewhere its the ocean hill section,part of Brownsville.right?

I am pretty sure he is out of canarsie.

he was from where john got came from ,then went to canarsie

For some reason i think he may of had a club in carrol gardens/ cobble hill..

yeah Where The Lady of LOreto church is,ocean hill

bronx i pm you.

was nickey and his brother only in gambling loansh and hijacking or into some white crime aswell?

read that book by Andrew d. it sucks but I got the feeling nick was the real deal and if only had a little more time on the street peter gotti would have never stepped up. dom cefulo seems to have been in the right place at the right time. realyy think if the mafia goes on they need that structure, that's what kept them ahead of every white crime group in history. I know we don't really give merlino his due, but that guy is the future. allie perisco diffintly would have been to.

i read a little bit,it dosent really say.Was nickey into white crime and the unions or no?

Collecting small envelopes from poker machines, yeah. Okay.

Philly are reduced to traditional mob rackets. Loan, gambling, street tax.
Though they've little to none Union influence/white collar to write philly (joey, if you believe he's the boss) off as a family which only receives a piece from a few poker machines is good for comedic effect but serves little practical truth.

the philly mafia street tax that shook down large amount of independent bookies, drug dealers, bikers, and any other criminals that operated around them, was instituted by scarfo and then into the stanfa and Merlino/Natale years of 90's, from everything that came out during the recent trial it doesn't seem the street tax was not really going on while Ligambi was acting boss, other than some bookies kicking something up during christmas time. Whether they didn't keep up with the street tax bc they didn't have the muscle to keep it in place or because they might've wanted to get away from all the violence that went along with enforcing the street tax, i don't know probably a little bit of both.

though aside from that bit about the street tax, i pretty much agree with you sonny.

I know that. Surely you knew what I meant?