THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Jeez. Short Sell. Georgie's a panel member slash shadow boss. He’s going to end up doing a few years on this then supervised release, seems like the family is in good hands with DeSantis anyway not sure why they’d want to rock that boat. If Amuso dies and Zappola is still away I wonder how the tran...

I don’t doubt that it was agreed that it would make for better appearances to just have him go by Merola. I mean, *we’re* always asking questions about him and wondering what his deal really is every time he comes up on the boards, so one can imagine what guys might’ve said if a list with “Knapik” ...

but I doubt anyone would likely care enough to go past whatever story Merola may have given about his background when he was proposed). I forgot who it was that supposedly proposed Merola but his background was looked into and the right people vouched for him so Jackie Nose agreed to make him but o...

Cross´s grandmother was Florence Martella. So Wayne´s father (Donald) was half italian. So this makes Wayne a quarter italian. Edit - Wayne´s mother was Bernadette Noviello. What does that make him? lol If his father is half and his mother is full that makes him 3/4 Italian, which is more than some...

Matteos has 2 big party rooms, one upstairs one downstairs & restaurant is on main floor Ahhh, I didn’t know that not my neck of the woods. I’ve only been in the restaurant part a few times, not sure I would count it as a ‘catering hall’ even with that knowledge and it not being in Brooklyn eli...

Yes that's it, thanks. I can't think of any restaurants in Brooklyn I associate with the gottis tho The article calls it a ‘restaurant and catering hall’ so if that’s an accurate description it’s a place more like Gargiulo’s where you can go out to dinner or have a wedding reception than it is a pl...

From what has been said Big Joe Perna was acting captain of the Jersey crew for Richie DeLuca and then for Georgie Neck. Georgie moves over to the Brooklyn crew and Big Joe gets made captain with Little Joe as his acting. Lucchese fam would be better off sticking with Mike DeSantis, he’s had a nice ...

If law enforcement labels him as a soldier and he’s not his lawyers could use that to their advantage right? Maybe somewhere along the line his family name got changed and for all we know he’s a full blood Italian although ‘Wayne’ as a first name doesn’t scream ‘hey I’m really a guinea’ either. He ...

Not sure why Cross is labeled a soldier. Historically, state and local agencies haven't been as careful about identification as the feds, and maybe they're just using that term loosely given his upper level role in the operation. As others have pointed out, he goes back years with the Luccheses (in...

I do agree with that, although considering the rest seems to be based on what Nadu and Scott have said and the fact nothing has been released about DiMaria, I also suspect he said that based on what Scott has said. I trust that Pennisi a former member with friends still in the life and around it, f...

Pennisi did say Gene and Corozzo are jockeying for position but to me it didn't seem like Pennisi was speaking as if he had inside information on Gene or Corozzo but more so like "that's the way the life is so of course they're jockeying for more influence and power." Imo this didn't conf...

https://youtu.be/meFEf2-KXsY

Pennisi seemingly confirming some of the stuff Scott has been talking about in his videos lately in regards to Gene Gotti, Nicky Corozzo and Lou Vallario.

JeremyTheJew wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:43 am Not the bonanno??

No, that’s the son Peter Pasta he was around Jerry Asaro.

funny that guy frank goia been giving Georgie neck so much praise. things like if he is in charge the family is in great hands a earner an killer ect. boom he's gone. probaly 5 10yrs It didn’t seem like DeSantis was doing a bad job so if he hasn’t handed over the reins to Georgie already it doesn’t...

JeremyTheJew wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 12:20 pm How active was Robert Pellegrino???

He was in kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey.

https://youtu.be/umEgLp88eaQ?si=42zQkY41R9qwwaej

He was a bookmaker around the Genovese family, he made a nice living from it.