Capeci has a new article up on gangland talking about how Russo sent word that the family needed Donnie Shacks to come back from LA and serve as the family's acting underboss. Donnie and new Acting Consig Farese (from Florida) planned to come back to NYC during Xmas to start running things but then the feds revealed last month that Maragni was wired for sound and recorded tons of convos

pretty interesting, maragni went down to florida (wired up) and told Farese that Russo sent a msg that he wanted him to take a spot on the family's admin, Farese then sent an attorney to see Russo at the MDC and ask him whether that msg that he got from maragni was correct, Russo said yes and that was that. That whole ordeal took less than 8 minutes apparently.