before they were all indicted in the commission trial all the families were doing good till febuary 1985. i just looked the commission trial up for the dates theres a good i think thoro recap of it on wiki. crazy all the bosses and the best lawyers in the world were probaly looking for a global plea maybe 5 10 yrs the most each, but rudy wasnt having it. but the most powerfull being 1A 1B would be gambinos and genovese and the lucheses maybe more powerfull then colombos because there family has more members and tony ducks was the longest running boss of any nyc family in 1985. persico was in and out of jail from 1972 till 79 then 81 84. the bonannos started righting there ship in 1984 after the donnie brasco trials went down. phil rust is freed 83 84 and runs the family. meeting other bosses for there spot back on the commission. hes rounded up with the other bosses in febuary 85 but made bail all the way to 1987
