Michael Persico doesn’t need to be made though, right? I mean he can remain as an associate so the feds can’t charge him as a made member, so when he gets busted he gets lighter sentences... like the Genovese did with guys like Ponte.

But because he’s a Persico he’s not really a true associate in the sense that he’d report to a solider, he’d report directly to Allie Boy and the other admin members, or even work alongside them. I mean, who’s gonna fuck with a Persico regardless if he has stripes or not? His name alone signals he has the whole family behind him and whatever he does was ordered by the boss.