Overrated: Frank Costello, For two reasons; One, he didn't have his own muscle in the Luciano- Genovese family. Two,I really think Joe Adonis and Tommy Luchesse were every bit as politically connected as him in NYC.
Good post altogether but i'm not so sure about Frank Costello's lack of muscle. He was close with Willie Moretti, Anthony Carfano, Charlie the Blade Tourine. He also had supporters in the very powerful East Harlem crew led by Trigger Mike Coppola. Not much is known about Frank's brother Eddie but he supposedly did a lot of dirty work for Frank. Sure he started to lose muscle as time went on but if he had to exert force he was never short on buttons to do his dirty work.
