Gambino Crime Family 1985

x - Death was a homicide
p - Committee of members who briefly ran the Family in 1986 when Gotti was incarcerated. Angelo Ruggiero (1940-1989) was included in this group
¤ - Captains who constituted the "Manhattan faction", or "Dellacroce faction" within the Family

Former bosses
Salvatore "Tata" D´Aquila (1877-1928x)
Alfredo "Al Mineo" Manfredi (1880-1930x)
Francesco "don Cheech" Scalise (1893-1957x)
Vincent Mangano (1888-1951x)
Albert Anastasia (1903-1957x)
Carlo Gambino (1902-1976)

Boss
"Big" Paul Castellano (1912-1985x) (under indictment at the time)

Underboss
Aniello "Neil" Dellacroce (1914-1985) (under indictment at the time)

Consigliere
Joesph N. Gallo (1912-1995) Indicted 1987, imprisoned 1988, retired

Captains
Thomas Bilotti (1940-1985x) Briefly served as underboss

John Gotti Sr (¤)(1940-2002) Became boss after the Castellano killing

Joseph "Piney" Armone (p)(1917-1992) Became underboss in 1986 (after the DeCicco killing), Indicted 1987, imprisoned 1988, retired

Frankie "Locs" Locascio (1933- ) Became acting underboss 1987, acting consigliere 1989

Ettore "Terry" Zappi (1904-1986) (In semi-retirement at the time)

Joseph Paterno (1923-1988)

Jimmy "Brown" Failla (1919-1999)

Joey "A" Arcuri (1913-2007)

Salvatore "Toddo" Aurello (1914-1988) (In semi-retirement at the time)

Anthony "The Baker" Napolitano Sr (1900-1992)

Joe "Z" Zingaro (1912-1995) (In prison at the time)

Patsy Conte (1925- ) Indicted 1987, freed

Nino Gaggi (1925-1988) (In prison at the time)

Anthony Scotto (1934- ) Demoted by Gotti 1986

Olympio "Lilo" Garofalo (1904-1986)

Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano Sr (1927-1999) Indicted 1986, became a fugitive but apprehended and imprisoned 1987

Frankie "Dap" D´Apolito (1923-1998)

Joe "Butch" Corrao (1936-2001) Indicted 1987, Imprisoned 1989

Mario Traina (1915-1994)

Angelo Mascia (1909-1986)

Tommy Gambino (1929- )

Mike "Tally" Caiazza (¤)(1912?-1994?) Demoted by Dellacroce 1985

Nicholas Corozzo (¤)(1940- ) Demoted by Gotti in 1986 (?)

Acting captains
Robert "DB" DiBernardo (1937-1986x) (For Zappi) Promoted to capo by Gotti after the Castellano killing

Salvatore "Sammy The Bull" Gravano (p)(1945- ) (For Aurello) Became capo in 1985, acting consigliere in 1987, acting underboss in 1989, official underboss in 1990

Greg DePalma (1932-2009) (For Zingaro)

Joe "Buddy" LaForte Jr (¤)(1941?- ) (For Caiazza) Demoted by Dellacroce in 1985

Notes
I believe Frank DeCicco (1935-1986x) inherited Tommy Bilotti´s crew in Dec 1985. That´s why I didn´t put him on the list above.
I know it´s a little controversial putting Nick Corozzo on the list since it´s all over internet that Corozzo was promoted to capo in the early 1990´s.
However, in Dellacroce´s indictment file of 1985, the prosecutors claim Corozzo was one of three crew leaders who answered to Dellacroce. Later on, Corozzo is listed as a member of Peter Gotti´s crew (I read this somewhere) before being promoted in the early 1990´s.
I believe it is possible that Corozzo was demoted by Gotti in 1986 but later promoted to a capo rank again.
And also, information suggests that Tommy "Breeze" DeBrizzi (?-1988x) functioned as an acting capo sometime around 1986-1987. I´m not sure he served in this capacity already in 1985.
In any case, he was demoted by Gotti and put in Tommy Gambino´s crew before being killed in 1988.


All feedback is welcome.