That was their longest period of instability because of Tommy's death. For a couple of years they were changing hats the way we change underwear. Even Vincent (Vinny Beans) Foceri served as the consigliere for a bit. But as far as I know Paul Vario was never thought of in that capacity. He was a top skipper, but he was always to friggin "Hot" that even if they'd wanted to install him there permanently it wouldn't have been an intelligent move for the borgata IMO..

Carmine Tramunti ruled for awhile (He was a good boss by the way - very well-liked guy). But once he fell on the heroin case everybody else became a seat warmer while they waited for Tony Corallo to be paroled.

Tommy Noto Pappadio also served as the "acting boss" for awhile, but you see what happened to him when he didn't wanna step down right?


PS: as a side note, the Harlem/Bronx?Whitestone, Queens faction of the Lucchese's were a VERY cohesive crew back then. Thats where ALL the power lay. Always did!

Only in later years did Brooklyn become more significant to the Family. The once exception being Vario. But even he played second fiddle to Harlem/Queens. Thats a fact.