Gotti coronation Dec/Jan '86

[MightyDR]

This may have been covered elsewhere, but have been watching some of Sammy's newest videos from the beginning of the year (production value has been quite good), but has he ever told this story about his sit down with Paul and Neil over throwing Louie Dibono around before? It's been a long time since i've read underboss, but I dont remember him ever getting into that.

Pretty sure he didn't mention throwing him around, but he definitely told the story of him threatening DiBono and there being a big sitdown over it with the whole admin plus Bilotti, Decicco and Patsy Conte attending.

[Pmac2]

He keeps rewriting his story. Adding little extras

[funkster]

He seems like he's increasingly admitting how much he misses the life.

[Browniety86]

Listening to Gravano describe Louie DiBono no wonder he got the clip...I like when Sammy tells stories we havent heard beat to death

[newera_212]

From what I remember he was supposed to gaurd the premises but left it one night which allowed the Feds to go in and bug it.


Pogo

Not the apartment, maybe the Ravenite club itself. Apparently the feds used ConEd to coax the women out of the apartment to say they were doing major gas lines work to the building and it'd be dangerous for her to stay. They paid for a hotel and a trip for her and another relative of hers to accompany her (I don't think she had been anywhere before) and had her away for over a week. This is "confirmed" by the woman's great nephew who's given interviews on YouTube on some of these Mob channels, although the guy himself grew up far out on Long Island, visited his aunt at that apartment like 2 or 3 times in his life, and really has nothing of note to say. But, supposedly this is what he said was told to him by other members in his family. I think today if ConEd needs to do something like that in your building the city might put you up at a local hotel or homeless shelter lmao - but back then I don't think they were doing stuff like that, never the less sending you to AC or Vegas all expenses paid. It's a shock that nobody around the woman found that unbelievable.

It doesn't sound that out of pocket. Even as recent as the late 80s / early 90s, with the demographic we know that neighborhood to have already drying up by then, the Feds still had a tough time doing anything on Mulberry Street re: Gotti. All those surveillance photos and videos of the walk-talks came from blocks away; they rented a South facing apartment on the North side of Houston Street in a newly built building that was in the process of lease up, and used what was crazy expensive camera equipment at the time to get a view down Mulberry. If that club had been another block or two south I don't think the Feds would have been able to get any of that. The news crews were able to get better footage of those guys compared to the Feds. There's a great video of a Captains meeting that some news crew got (it's on YouTube), taken from a camera directly across the street. A bunch of guys just roll up, park their cars on the sidewalk, and walk right in. They'd send Norman out to bring food or anything else that was left in their cars

[newera_212]

Anyone know why Norman DuPont killed a goddamn cab driver? And who was Norman related to again? He was related to someone big wasn't he?

[Manf]

Anyone know why Norman DuPont killed a goddamn cab driver? And who was Norman related to again? He was related to someone big wasn't he?

He was Mike Cirelli's nephew who was a long time solider under Neil. He killed the cab driver to send a message to the drivers boss who owed him money if I remember correctly. Not sure if it was Gambino Family business or not.

[Pmac2]

gottis first wave of inducting new guys into the gambino family if i read correctly and its true was the day of frank decicco's wake or funeral so april 1986. do you think gotti inducted any guys before that? im sure he wasnt allowed. i even wonder how they passed the names around in jan feb march april 86 less then 100 days after big pauls murder

[Pmac2]

who passed the names along to the westside maybe gallo or armone

[NYNighthawk]

Was that the same Joseph Gambino in the infamous Sinatra pic at the Westchester Premier Theater? Wasn't his nephew Salvatore Spatola who is also in the picture? In some later pics - Gambino and Fratiano's faces are blurred.

[bronx]

many guys were made before frank died

[Pmac2]

Interesting

[Pmac2]

So Jan Feb 86.