The Outfit & the Philadelphia family are extremely close with certain Cycle gang families. It's been this way for a while, this Is nothing new. Polchan is highly respected by the Cicero people. The Cicero upper echelon is highly respected & sought after by Carparelli.

How would Nick C being paid for hits be relevant to anything that was in question during family secrets? If hits are a made guys bread & butter, how else do you think he is getting paid that month? Hits take rigorous planning & lots of time.