Even though the Sopranos is a fictional show, it's (sometimes loosely) based on real life events, so you're not really off base, Oak. As for their ties to the Gambinos, I don't know if the Commission is still a functioning body. But I think the whole Gambinos/Decavalcantes connection may have been about the Gambinos representing them on the Commission. Anyone who has more information please feel free to correct me, as it's just from what I read. If they were a Gambino crew they wouldn't have their own administration. I kind of understand the Philly family/Genovese Family to have a similar relationship.