Fat Andy Ruggiano had a strong Queens crew with a presence in Florida. As I have stated before there was one big Gambino crew led by Petey Pumps Ferrara back in the day that consisted of East NY Brooklyn guys.Billy Batts, John Gotti, Nicky Corrozzo, Jo Jo Corrozzo, Angelo Ruggiero, John and Charlie Carneglia Lenny DiMaria were just a few of the guys in the crew. It kind of mirrored Paulie Vario's East New York's BK Brownsville Crew.This crew eventually spread to Queens in the 70s(as did Vario's) and was split up between Charlie Wagons and Fat Andy as Capos. The Bonanno Family also had a crew that mirrored the Lucchese and Gambino early East New York/Queens crews that was once headed by Phil Giaccone (Joe Massino, Vinny Asaro were crew members) that was later a crew commanded by Joey Massino in Maspeth. These crews interacted a lot in hijacking and robberies such as Lufthansa.the Colombo Family also had a presence that mirrored the other 3 families and their guy in the area was Buster Aloi, who was tight with Sonny Franzese. Remember when Henry Hill took down Air France, they kicked up to Paul Vario and Buster Aloi. Why only those 2? Because it was 67, the Bonanno and Gambino Families were only starting to migrate to Queens. In 78 after Lufthansa, the Lucchese Fam had to partner with Vinny Asaro and kick in to Massino as the Bonanno had become one of the main crews in that area. I am sure the Gambino Family got a piece(albeit a small one) of that stake.

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