Rush, These are the types of guys (listed below) I had in mind when I initially created this thread:


Giuseppe (Joe) Cusimano and Gaetano (Tommy) Russo were both highly respected, longtime "soldiers" in New York’s Gambino Family. Yet, neither man had a police record to speak of, and both hobnobbed with politicos and businessmen within the legitimate world. They were the wealthy longtime owners of Brooklyn’s famed, Cusimano and Russo Funeral Home chain. Both were shadowy figures that little was ever known about. Yet, several underworld sources say that years back, dating back as far as former bosses Salvatore D'Aquila, Frank Scalici and Vincent Mangano, Tommy Russo ran the policy rackets in the Bensonhurst section of Kings County and served as an “overseer” for the Gambino Family.