Joey scoops was always tight with mike perna and did things together even though they were in 2 different crews. the newark area is very tight and most guys know each other. Scoops was with Patty specs and took over his crew when he lambed it. Joey scoops was born and raised down neck ( ironbound) and frequented a club on Adams st.
Scarfo jr was sent up to north jersey as a safety net and was made to insulate him. He was an earner and actually a bit on the quiet side, he really was'nt disliked at the time., i gotta be honest.
The Perna kids were kind of irrelevent at that point in time so they really didnt have that much interection with him until later.
The bs about scarfo wanting to take over philly and that being the reason he was demoted is nonsense. Perhaps that was an excuse but the true reason was the north jersey guys were banking a lot of cash with westchester and there was no reason for scarfo jr to hhave a say in day to day operations while he was more concentrated in south jersey.
Newark is a shadow of its former self in terms of OC activity. If you go to the belmont tavern you are most likely going to run into a cop, lawyer, or judge opposed to a mob guy.
To me, that shit is over and guys are trying to re live the goodfella era. Its done.