A little known part of Gambino history is that Neil was apart of a faction led by Armand Rava that tried to go against Carlo when he first took over, it ends when Rava disappears or is killed I can
Not remeber which. They were close to Anastasia and the family went thru a mini war that people don't talk or know much about. There are some old articles from a NY newspaper that mentions incidents that happened during this time. Neil was so close to Rava he named his son Armand. He became capo of Rava's crew and Carlo kept him close from then on. I was suprised to learn this because everyone said Neil always went by the rules the old boss is the boss thing but it makes since when u consider how Carlo became boss. Gotti idolized Anastasia people say but took a page out of Don Carlos book on his route to becoming boss. The "rivalry" between the blue collar and white collar factions goes back a ways.