If Amuso was official boss then would a three man panel not be running things for him on the street?
That's the impression I had.
Aren't panels usually put in place when there isn't a guy on the street who can definitively call the shots?
That's not the case in this situation. It was when Stevie went away, which further proves that Amuso is lucky to be in control of his bladder today, never mind a crime family.
Stevie has been de facto boss since pre-prison, when Joey Dee hand picked his two "partners." And neither of them were remotely fond of Vic.