Fat Tony was at the top of the biggest numbers operation in the 40s when Chin was still a boxer. fat Tony ruled in acting capacity in east harlem when Trigger Mike Coppola was down in Florida. fBI documents show that Salerno was semi retired in the mid to late 70s in Florida and wanted to retire for good like Catena and Coppola did but the Genovese admin called him back into the fold. He couldn't refuse. The guy was wanting to retire at 70 to his upstate residence in Rhinebeck and his place down in Florida. The east harlem crew was almost as powerful and influential as the Village crew in the early 60s. Chin was doing a bid for a drug charge at the time Tony was taking over officially for Trigger Mike.
Absolutely correct! every word!
Salerno was a senior compared to Chin. And highly respected by all. He was nobody's patsy. He caught the 100, and that was that.... we went in to do his time like a man
