Originally Posted by Revis_Knicks
Originally Posted by Hollander
Originally Posted by Revis_Knicks
Originally Posted by Hollander
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?


I'm sure he dealt with the Camorra gangs and the Sicilians part of his territory was taken over by Profaci.


Where do you think he would’ve fallen had he lived? Would he have been a boss in his own family or would his crew have been absorbed by one of the 5 families?


Difficult to say because in the beginning many guys switched sides like Luciano from Masseria to Maranzano and later also turning on the latter. Yale became close to Maranzano though so maybe Bonannos.

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