Podcast on Manfredi Mineo from B

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With D'Aquila's election, Clemente said DiGaetano stepped down as capo dei capi in 1912 and the May 2014 article says this is when D'Aquila ascended to the position. I'm not sure if Clemente explicitly said D'Aquila was capo in 1912 (maybe Rick and Angelo can confirm) but it does appear to be around this time and the 1913 war looks to have been a response to D'Aquila's newfound power.

In Mar of 1912, there was a meeting between the groups and something big happened. It's not described but Clemente made some reference to the Terranovas "breaking off" from the DiGaetanos. A week later, DiGaetano formally steps down as Boss and Schiro replaces him. 3 weeks later in April, D'Aquila called a meeting of the groups and Lo Monte, Schiro and Mineo are mentioned. It appears the NY leadership met at the end of each month (or at least they did in this period of major changeover). Given all four of these names are first mentioned as bosses around the same thing leads me to believe that first meeting in Mar that DiGaetano presided over the election of new bosses and then once settled, stepped down a week later.

Mineo was based in Brooklyn as well. Do you think it's possible that Clemente could have been referring to Mineo's group separating from the Morellos instead of DiGaetano? With the Secret Service agent misunderstanding what Clemente was referring to and trying to clarify to his own boss, based on what he knew, who was the head of the Brooklyn group?

Likely not because Clemente didn't mention Mineo in that passage, only the Terranovas and DiGaetano. Mineo was on Oak Street in Greenpoint whereas DiGaetano and the Bonannos were further east in Williamsburg. Oak Street was smack dead in what was "South Brooklyn" which was Palermitan Gambino territory.

Just as a correction, Greenpoint is not at all “South Brooklyn”. South Brooklyn is from Boerum Hill down to Sunset Park, so called because this was the southern part of the old city of Brooklyn (south of Downtown Brooklyn), prior to the amalgamation of NYC in 1898. Greenpoint and Williamsburg were North Brooklyn.