Overall, the LCN seems to me like a pyramid or ponzi scheme with street LCN members kicking up to the bosses. It also seems pretty obvious that Gotti or DeMeo were not involved in street-level dealing - it was done by their crew members or associates or LCN probies (probationary members).
"It was all crap, right up to the moment he died" - an investigator's opinion - and epitaph - of John Holmes (Johnny Wadd)
