Think it comes down to when him and benny killed tommy ryan they took over. Gambino probaly backed there play. Benny the boss behind the scenes funzi up front in nyc. But then he was sick for like 2yrs with stomach cancer so thats probaly when fat tony step in to the picture 75 76. The consig spot was a few different guys in the late 70tys a guy dom the sailer chin and someone else.