Nicky Corozzo

[Wiseguy]

Capeci said he was supposed to be made acting boss and he doesn’t throw around terms freely Wiseguy

Capeci obviously wasn't who I was referring to.

[newera_212]

Why does he have to go back to the halfway house to sleep if they're monitoring him anyway?

I'm not 100% sure but I think if you can prove you have verified employment and a residence lined up already, you just have to do a 'quick' intake period at the halfway house - where you're able to go to work during the day and go back there to sleep - and they release you to home monitoring, instead of having you do the full halfway house term. I'm not sure how long Corozzo has been in the halfway house for, but if it was for under 6 months than this is probably the situation he is in. I always wondered how that worked with someone his age; is it a requirement he finds work? He's old enough to be considered a retiree and legally collect SSI, It'd be weird if they "made" him work - so I'm guessing the whole job thing was to breeze through his halfway house term quicker

[CabriniGreen]

Nicky Corozzo former acting boss of Gambinos is free man since last Friday.What will be his position now?

He's been out for a while "working" and having to go back to the halfway house to sleep.

He's right back in the mix and nothing less than what he went in as.

Bop locator isn't always accurate.

DiLeonardo said it was kinda bullshit that Corrozzo had a clear trajectory to the top spot.....

It's in the Qn A he did for the board......

[CabriniGreen]

Nicky Corozzo former acting boss of Gambinos is free man since last Friday.What will be his position now?

I don't believe Corozzo ever had the title of acting boss, but was s member of a ruling panel in the 1990s.

I belive he was,with his brother Jojo(consigliere) and Lenny Dimaria(Underboss).Interesting fact is that all 3 of those guys are free now.Dont sure who is still at street.

I don't recall what exactly Corozzo was indicted as back in 1996. If he was the acting boss at that point or just on the panel, which could be argued is a group of acting bosses.

One article, which I'd recommend taking loosely since many journalists are lazy and throw terms around freely, said he was set to replace Gotti Jr. as acting boss. Other articles said he was set to replace Gotti Sr. himself as the boss before he was indicted.

Alite said in his book that Corozzo sent Gotti a message in prison basically saying that Junior needed to step aside. That they "couldn't protect him" otherwise. Essentially a thinly veiled threat.

I don't recall DiMaria ever being underboss.

Off hand , he was on the ruling panel in the 1990s Scars said Corozzo never was going to replace a Gotti in that time period. It's in the Scars Q&A. In the 2000s it was Squintieri and then D'Amico.

Whelp, never mind.....
@Frank, you beat me to it.... good point there....

[johnny_scootch]

Why does he have to go back to the halfway house to sleep if they're monitoring him anyway?

I'm not 100% sure but I think if you can prove you have verified employment and a residence lined up already, you just have to do a 'quick' intake period at the halfway house - where you're able to go to work during the day and go back there to sleep - and they release you to home monitoring, instead of having you do the full halfway house term. I'm not sure how long Corozzo has been in the halfway house for, but if it was for under 6 months than this is probably the situation he is in. I always wondered how that worked with someone his age; is it a requirement he finds work? He's old enough to be considered a retiree and legally collect SSI, It'd be weird if they "made" him work - so I'm guessing the whole job thing was to breeze through his halfway house term quicker

Yeah they can't make him work but it gets him out into the world faster and puts him in a place he can meet certain people and start getting things in line. For example when he got out in 04-05 he worked at a marina and then a car dealership.

DiLeonardo said it was kinda bullshit that Corrozzo had a clear trajectory to the top spot.....

It's in the Qn A he did for the board......

Scars was still very close to Junior at that point and may not have been able to see the big picture from inside the circle. Though it's hard to go against his word.

[Pete]

From GL, Little Nick was a codefendant of Gotti's in the trial that ended in stunning acquittals that propelled the Dapper Don to mob stardom in 1987 and his ultimate downfall in 1992. Four years later, under pressure from the Mafia Commission, Gotti agreed to step down and the family had tabbed Little Nick to take over the Gambino reins.

At the time, the Commission was still a powerful ruling body dominated by the Chin Gigante Vincent (Chin) Gigante-led Genovese (right) clan. It prevailed on Gotti to relinquish his control of the family when his 1992 conviction was affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and to turn over control of the family to Corrozo to stabilize relations and joint rackets among the Five Families.

Back in 1996, a law enforcement official, noting that Little Nick had been "virtually anointed" as the next Gambino boss by the Mafia Commission, described him as "smart enough to be more worried about the law than wanting to move for the top, but tough enough to take it and run with it."

Agent Tami Jo Kayworth testified that on Apr. 9, 1996 she was monitoring a conversation Corozzo was having in a Ft. Lauderdale hotel with a cooperating witness and heard Corozzo explain how he was picked to succeed Gotti with help from the Dapper Don's brothers, Gene and Peter.

"Corozzo describes how he originally was put up to be the Gambino boss to take over after John Gotti by the family capos," said Kayworth, reading from a report prepared from her notes and a follow-up interview with the witness. Because of an equipment malfunction, she said, the conversation was not recorded.

Gene GottiPeter Gotti"Corozzo indicated at first he did not want the job, but Gene Gotti (right) got in touch with John Gotti, telling him, 'What are you waiting for? He (Corozzo) deserves it, give it to him.' Corozzo relates how he accepted the position only (after) Peter Gotti (left) came with him, supported him. Corozzo says, 'I don't know if I even want it,'" she said.

Mouw testified that Corozzo's ascension was scotched when he was hit with back to back racketeering indictments in December, 1996 in Florida

[Pete]

So according to that it wasn’t acting boss but official boss

[Pete]

Also from GL about Nicky trying to get halfway house placement
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Gang Land Exclusive!Jeff SessionsIf he had a problem with mega-builder Donald Trump or one of his minions in the 1980s, he surely would have called on his crime family's construction industry guru Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano for help. Back then, Gravano controlled Teamsters Local 282, whose drivers deliver concrete to job sites, and Trump was buying concrete for many of his building projects from S&A Concrete, which was co-owned by Gambino boss Paul (Big Paul) Castellano.

But Sammy Bull would be no help for Gambino capo Nicholas (Little Nick) Corozzo today. His problem is with Trump's Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, who has been a thorn in the side of bi-partisan efforts to streamline and ease the hard-nosed approach to the halfway house system at the federal Bureau of Prisons. As a result, Corozzo, who's been living in one BOP facility or another since 2008, had to go elsewhere to seek help.

Like almost every federal inmate, the 78-year-old wiseguy wants out. And to Corozzo, who currently resides at the Allenwood low security facility in White Deer, Pennsylvania, it appears that the Trump administration's cuts at BOP are going to keep him behind bars longer than he would otherwise remain. Since Trump took office, the BOP has closed 16 halfway houses across the country. It has also instituted other cutbacks along with a hiring freeze at the agency.

Nicholas CorozzoIn a pro se motion he filed two weeks ago, Corozzo asked Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Jack Weinstein to order the BOP to designate him for placement into a halfway house "for the maximum time allowable under the Second Chance Act of 2007." Based on that calculation, he would enter a halfway house — if there was one to enter — 12 months before his scheduled release date of March 5, 2020.

Corozzo wrote that "funding cuts put in place by the Trump administration" have led to the "slashing of halfway house time for many federal inmates, many of whom have served very lengthy sentences and who badly need the proper transition time" that the facilities provide for those returning to a different society than the one they left.

Little Nick, whom Weinstein sentenced to 13 and a half years for racketeering and murder in 2008, wrote that the cutbacks have resulted in prisoners getting less than six months time in a halfway house (RRC or Residential Reentry Center in BOP speak), a return to the six-month standard that was in place prior to 2007.

Donald TrumpLast year, when Sessions decided to close 16 halfway houses, BOP spokesman Justin Long stated that the closings were of underutilized RRCs, mostly in rural areas, and would have no impact on big cities. Long said the BOP remained "committed" to the use of halfway houses, but had cut back on them for "fiscal" reasons. The cuts would not reduce the number of RRC placements, he said.

But prison advocates and defense lawyers say BOP cutbacks have turned an already long and cumbersome process into "a nightmare." The process involve interviews by the inmate's case manager and counselor and reports to the warden and the prison's regional office even before the halfway house is contacted to see if there is any bed space available.

"Inmates have been up in arms about it for more than a year now," said one lawyer, who agreed to speak anonymously. "By rule, the process is supposed to start 18 months before the scheduled release date so that if the inmate is approved, he can get an RRC placement a year before his release date," the attorney added.

And there's no relief in sight. This year, after the House passed a Trump backed reform measure that would authorize $250 million to speed up the federal prison system's inmate re-entry program, Sessions objected to it. The Justice Department panned it in a letter to the White House, according to Tony Pugh, of the McClatchy Washington D.C. Bureau.

Salvatore GravanoIn its letter, Pugh wrote, the DOJ said the bill "would further and significantly erode our long established truth-in-sentencing principles, create impossible administrative burdens, effectively reduce the sentences of thousands of violent felons, and endanger the safety of law-abiding citizens and law enforcement officers."

Since Corozzo has less than 18 months remaining before his release date, it's a safe bet that his pro se motion is a good indication that the interview process for his halfway house placement hasn't begun yet. BOP officials declined to discuss that, or any aspect of Corozzo's plight.

The BOP also stated that it was unable to answer any Gang Land queries yesterday about the halfway house process, including how many there were in the New York area; how many inmates could be accommodated at one time; and how long the RRC process takes.

"With the cuts recently imposed on halfway houses," Corozzo wrote, "the amount of RRC time provided to federal inmates falls far short of the clear intent of Congress, which was to allow men and women adequate time to re-enter society and succeed." By its actions, Little Nick argued, "the BOP is working against its own professed goals and its mandate of giving men and women the best chance to successfully return to our nation's communities."

"How can three to four months or less be enough time for a person returning to society (after a lengthy incarceration) to find employment, find housing, save money, and re-integrate with their loves ones?" Corozzo asked, and answered by stating: "In failing to provide inmates the required time to make a successful re-entry, the BOP is essentially setting inmates up for failure."

Judge Jack WeinsteinTo illustrate that he had made good use of the years he's spent behind bars, and that he was interested in a successful re-entry, Corozzo listed scores of educational and vocational classes and workshops he has taken at three federal prisons where he's lived since 2011.

In Leavenworth, Kansas, Little Nick took classes in real estate, nutrition, and driving a forklift. In Loretto, Pennsylvania, there was logical/lateral thinking, wrestling with life, creative writing, conversational Spanish, and resume writing. And after arriving at Allenwood, the septuagenarian wiseguy opted for physical fitness classes, taking healthy aging and beginners spinning.

"In the interests of justice, and for good cause shown," Corozzo petitioned Weinstein "to issue a Judicial Recommendation" to the BOP that he should be placed into a halfway house on March 5, 2019, so he can begin his re-entry into the outside world he left behind a full year before his max-out date.

In a brief hand-written ruling, Weinstein stated that oral arguments were "not now required," but that the U.S. Attorney's office "is respectfully requested to respond to this position in writing."

[JIGGS]

Nicky Corozzo former acting boss of Gambinos is free man since last Friday.What will be his position now?

I don't believe Corozzo ever had the title of acting boss, but was s member of a ruling panel in the 1990s.

His brother was the consilieri. Thats usually a sign as to what the official unofficial pecking order is. John Gambino wasnt acting boss neither when he was breathing. But you know.

JIGGS

[SonnyBlackstein]

Nicky Corozzo former acting boss of Gambinos is free man since last Friday.What will be his position now?

I don't believe Corozzo ever had the title of acting boss, but was s member of a ruling panel in the 1990s.

His brother was the consilieri. Thats usually a sign as to what the official unofficial pecking order is. John Gambino wasnt acting boss neither when he was breathing. But you know.

JIGGS

Lots of evidence to suggest JG was the power prior to his death.
You have evidence to suggest otherwise?

[CabriniGreen]

@Sonny

I think you 2 are in agreement......

It's interesting the Corrozzo brothers are out, and Dimaria is out too. Paradiso is acting as Consigliere, right? Its anyone's guess what the Admin looks like in a few years......

[CabriniGreen]

I really gotta ask a long standing question again...

I see what the sicilians get out of it. But what does the New York part of the Gambinos get out of the sicilians being in charge, beyond steady, stable leadership?

It's a riddle to me...... I know its bothered Frank too, he asked a couple times, " Why the Great Lorenzo Mannino for under"? ( I'm paraphrasing you... Frank)

One things for sure, the Gambinos got a lot of Old school guys back in the fold, their leadership should be pretty solid now....

[Frank]

I really gotta ask a long standing question again...

I see what the sicilians get out of it. But what does the New York part of the Gambinos get out of the sicilians being in charge, beyond steady, stable leadership?

It's a riddle to me...... I know its bothered Frank too, he asked a couple times, " Why the Great Lorenzo Mannino for under"? ( I'm paraphrasing you... Frank)

One things for sure, the Gambinos got a lot of Old school guys back in the fold, their leadership should be pretty solid now....

Lol. I think I just got tired of hearing Mannino was boss, Underboss, Street boss, and Consiglieri for over 2 years. But I think you said it steady stable leadership. I think they don't want another John Gotti. It's funny, that there's a connection of Nicky Corozzo and Jackie D'Amico were intstramental in John Gambino regaining his Capo rank, Dom Cefalu was D'Amico's underboss, Cali originally came up in D'Amico's crew. And of course Jackie was a Gotti loyalist.

[Frank]

From GL, Little Nick was a codefendant of Gotti's in the trial that ended in stunning acquittals that propelled the Dapper Don to mob stardom in 1987 and his ultimate downfall in 1992. Four years later, under pressure from the Mafia Commission, Gotti agreed to step down and the family had tabbed Little Nick to take over the Gambino reins.

At the time, the Commission was still a powerful ruling body dominated by the Chin Gigante Vincent (Chin) Gigante-led Genovese (right) clan. It prevailed on Gotti to relinquish his control of the family when his 1992 conviction was affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and to turn over control of the family to Corrozo to stabilize relations and joint rackets among the Five Families.

Back in 1996, a law enforcement official, noting that Little Nick had been "virtually anointed" as the next Gambino boss by the Mafia Commission, described him as "smart enough to be more worried about the law than wanting to move for the top, but tough enough to take it and run with it."

Agent Tami Jo Kayworth testified that on Apr. 9, 1996 she was monitoring a conversation Corozzo was having in a Ft. Lauderdale hotel with a cooperating witness and heard Corozzo explain how he was picked to succeed Gotti with help from the Dapper Don's brothers, Gene and Peter.

"Corozzo describes how he originally was put up to be the Gambino boss to take over after John Gotti by the family capos," said Kayworth, reading from a report prepared from her notes and a follow-up interview with the witness. Because of an equipment malfunction, she said, the conversation was not recorded.

Gene GottiPeter Gotti"Corozzo indicated at first he did not want the job, but Gene Gotti (right) got in touch with John Gotti, telling him, 'What are you waiting for? He (Corozzo) deserves it, give it to him.' Corozzo relates how he accepted the position only (after) Peter Gotti (left) came with him, supported him. Corozzo says, 'I don't know if I even want it,'" she said.

Mouw testified that Corozzo's ascension was scotched when he was hit with back to back racketeering indictments in December, 1996 in Florida

Nice info Pete. Now I have to wonder what to believe. Scars basically called it a rumour that Corozzo started himself.

[Rocco]

Meet the new Boss of the Gambino Family. Nicholas Corozzo !