Originally Posted By: pmac
so in this book about scarpa kids gives a interview he was made in 1977 at the age of 25. his father proposed him he got made at some hall in Brooklyn were Colombo would hold rallys. the Colombo made guys really young in the 70tys 25. Michael franses was made at 25 yrs old in 1975. its strange the Colombo luchese and Genovese open the books in 74 and the Gambino's and bonannos didn't to 1977. imagine gaspipe made in 74 and all gotti and his friends arnt made yet and have to bow down to guys like mike fransese who got made Halloween 1975. sht paul catellano must have made over 100 guys in 1977 alone. greg depalma got caught on the phone talking about him and 11 others getting made grqvano said he was with a bunch of guys and who know how many guys gotti got made with.


All the NY Families were allowed to bring in a couple of new members in 1974. Tommy Gambino was one of them. In 1976, the books was opened again. Both Gravano and Franzese claim to have been made in 1975, but by the looks of it they were most likely wrong on the year. According to informants and FBI reports, the first mass inductions occured in 1976. Franzese claims he was put with Andy Russo in 1975 but this coincides badly with the info available on Russo. (Russo was made in 1976 and wasn´t made a captain until 1977.) He also claimed to have been made together with Vito Guzzo Sr. But Guzzo Sr was in prison in 1975 and wasn´t released until 1977.

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