So are Gravesend and Red Hook.

It's not just one book. News articles, media photos, police arrests, surveillance.reports, informants, fbi files, guys that flipped.( You ever hear mIke Franzese, sammy Gravano say " Oh yeah Roy DeMeo was originally with the Colombo Family they were with the Gallos"? They were both associates with Colombo's from around that time. And Mike was A capo and Sammy was UnderBoss so there ya go. My made guys memory Trump's your made guys memory 2-1 and higher rank. Go find a UB to say DeMeo was part of the Gallo crew and we'll be tied .

There’s not one surveillance report you can offer or any video of Mike Franzese or Sammy Gravano saying that Roy Demeo didn’t start with the Colombo’s and started w the Luccheses. There’s plenty about Roy with the Gambinos there’s absolutely no mention of his career before that except in Murder Machine and by Ralph Scopo Sr. So your saying Ralph Scopo Sr made that story up out of thin air???

Yeah wiseguys never misremember things. Out of all humans on earth their brains are the only infallible ones. Mike Franzese was made halloween 75, Carmine Persico was a Genovese soldier because Valachi said it.

Roy DeMeo was in the Gallo crew because he grew up near Profaci's and we all know how tight that Profaci/Gallo bond was.

In some FBI files it's noted that after they broke of from the Gallos, Forlano, Persico and Iacovelli prefered to stay with the Genoveses until their status was settled. I believe that's where all the confusion comes from.

Killing Demeo for being an out of control maniac who refused to reign it in was one thing but killing him because “he might turn out to be a rat” is a pussy move. If every top earner who was also a stone cold killer “might turn rat if indicted” was killed this thing would have been over before it got started.

https://youtu.be/_AWpp6ilOMI

Hey Louie, Larry Mazza was just picked up on this video at 18:44stating that the Gambino family had 1000 made guys. I thought they had around 300-400 during that time topps but it must be true. He's a Wiseguy, I'm just an internet poster so what do I know?

Why do u always resort 2 calling ppl names?...I've been following ur posts all these yrs. and sometimes ur just downright mean..some of ur posts are informative & correct..& I respect ur knowledge all things mob...but , dude ..ur not a king among the chessboard.

Name calling doesn't hurt my feelings. Americans are too versensitive these days. Banning Disney movies and Dr. Seuss books over "hurt feelings" and "muh raycisssm" !!

Greg Scarpa sided with the Gallos during the Gallo/Profaci War and there's no mention of Roy from his camp during that period. Besides, Joe Gallo was in jail from '61-'71 and Roy hooked up with Nino in '66 so there wouldn't have been much opportunity for Roy to be running with the Galllo's. Roy grew up in the Flatlands, on Ave P., less than ten blocks from the Gemini Lounge. Between 1960 and '66 he quit working at the Meat Cutters and was Shylocking full time and beginning to deal in stolen cars. This brought him over to the junkyards on Foster Ave. and Glenwood Rd. where he connected with Freddy DiNome who brought him into the Lucchese's through his brother Richie. The image on the cover of "For the Sins of My Father" is of Roy during this period with his new car, a benchmark of his success at loansharking.

its ridiculous first time i hear his or read this,,,,he grew up in the neighbor hood around profaci,,, had some connections with the lucheses,,, never any metion with the gallos

It was said by Ralph Scopo Sr who was a lifelong friend of Roy Demo and a member of the colombo family for over 30 years and the head of the concrete workers district council.....

Millions like myself agree, if we had a real media in this country that stuff would never get anywhere.

Not one shred of evidence Louie. Hell at least post the link to that Ralph Scopo transcript ya mook

Yeah Made soldier Ralph Scopo is talking to associate James Costigan about dead made Gambino guy Roy DeMeo. I'm sure he's not yanking his chain. If this were a transcript between Scopo and Gerry Lang I might take it more seriously. Scopo is just stroking/scaring this guy ala concrete club business

I read that DeMeo was before with the Luccheses and that passed with the Gambinos because know Nino Gangi that said hum that with the Gambinos he will made more cash.

There's no independent corroboration anywhere else AND Roy was hanging out regularly with the 3 Profaci Bros who lived across the street from his parents hose and knew him from childhood. There's no way Roy would've sided with Galllo's against the Profaci's, for crying out loud. Roy's mother lived with Profaci's widow in Bath Beach when she returned from Italy after leaving Brooklyn after Roy's father died.
The Profaci Bros now run Colavita Olive Oil in N.J.

I think Roy DeMeo's childhood home is at 4019 Ave P. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234 if anyone is interested