After the stanfa war, the bosses from new york wanted merlino to take charge but he turned it down and installed Natalie as boos, so he does have respect from new york


"McGurn likes you, so I make you. So you are now one of us, if you fuck up, we take it out on McGurn. He is your sponsor. Fuck up, it's his ass. You work in his crew, he is your capo."