So at what point did Paul Castellano establish and run blue collar rackets like loansharking, and hijacking. Which he DID do.
Dont know if he ever did those things,he had guys do it for him under his protection and his name..Maybe as a young man,probablly..Nino was acctually very blue collar,Roy too.The oldtimers I mentioned did some loansharking and bookmaking.Pete 17 Piacenti,a soldier in Pauls crew had a club at 1717 86th street.In front of that club mimi scialo was killed in 74..Paul was very smart,in my opinion the best choice for underboss.Not saying that Neil would been a great boss.Think the Gambinos needed someone to take the top spot,not those two.Maybe Jimmy Brown
