[quote=Giacomo_Vacari]Lansky was an associate to the Genovese crime family, so he kicked up to the Genovese crime family, and grew up in New York as Disagree with the statement that Lansky was an “associate†of the Genovese family who kicked up.....I would call him a partner and equal.
You're right. Lansky was a close friend and sometimes partner of Charlie Luciano, and also partnered with Frank Costello and Joe Adonis. He shared business ventures and rackets with them but didn't "kick up"; nor was he formally or informally an associate of the
family per se.
