In south Brooklyn the first major modern boss was Frankie Yale. His funeral was the biggest mafia funeral in NY ever. He was one of a new breed of gangster who believed in putting business ahead of ego, but for some reason Yale is somewhat overlooked in crime histories.
I think because he was never really apart of the commission. He died right before what some could consider the golden age of the American mob. Also, I don’t think he belonged to a particular mafia family. Did he teach Luciano and others about putting business first?
