Gallos were actually close with Tony Bender. They often frequented bars and clubs in Greenwich village, Bender´s domain. There were rumors that Tony Bender, probably because power had went to his head (being the acting boss at the time) encouraged the Gallo´s rebellion against their boss Profaci. I think it was Bender who offered to speak for them in front of the Commission when they kidnapped the four Profaci underlings. So they were pretty close.
And it's no accident that years later, even though Bender was long dead, that Albert ended up with the Westside's Brooklyn faction.
