John Palazzolo the reputed street boss of the Bronx faction for the Bonanno crime family has been sentenced to a year and a day behind bars for a parole violation.
The 77 year old mobster was caught meeting with some of his fellow wiseguys a direct violation of his parole restrictions. According to the feds Palazzolo was plotting to try and take control of the Queen based crew of the Bonanno family. He was recently released back in 2012 after doing a 10-year stretch and claims to now be suffering from multiple undisclosed health problems.
Palazzolo was caught meeting with Bonanno wiseguys John “Johnny Mulberry” Sciremammano and Pasquale “Patty Boy” Maiorino and former Bonanno consigliere Anthony “Fat Anthony” Rabito. It’s still unknown as to how serious the internal tensions in the Bonanno family are and whether or not the feds have been blowing things a little out of proportion hinting that the move by Palazzolo may have led to an internal war. Michael Mancuso currently imprisoned is believed to be the boss of the Bonanno family although some sources believe in name only has its unclear how much power he maintains on the streets.
A war within one of the New York Mafia families nowadays seems like a very unlikely scenario as the mob has begun going back to its roots as they quietly try and rebuild their ranks and power base. But as we have seen in the past its not unheard of to have unexpected mafia news such as this pop-up. The Bonanno family has also been in a bit of disarray over the last few years after being hit hard by the feds with help from some of the families former leadership turning rat.
With most of the NY families in a upward swing and quietly rebuilding their ranks and expanding their power bases against at least somewhat the Bonanno family just can’t seem to get things together. I think this may have been a bit of a stretch by feds as to Palazzolo trying to take over anything but still if nothing else if shows a lack of leadership and cohesion with in the family as a whole. Not sure Mancuso is anything more then a figurehead and holds his rank because he is already locked up and that ways feds can poke their chest out and say they have the boss on lock down.
Either way ever since the Massino era and all of those turncoats the family has just been one real mess.
Totally agree john , and anyone who thinks mancuso is boss and the power base of the family is in the Bronx is deluded , the majority of the Bronx based bonnanos has been swallowed up by crews in queens and Long Island , even johnny joe spirito’s son has fallen in line , wot does that say ?? Mancuso is no more the boss of the bonnanos than I am
Agreed seems if anything he has been allowed to hold the “title” so there isn’t an official boss target on streets for the feds to go after. Queens seems to have developed as the new power base of the Family , would you agree ?
Yeah 100% . Queens and Long Island
Yearh the bronx faction is destroyed all there is his nephew who ran that jewerly store that faction is weak no way is Mikey nose running the bonnano family. There is a lot of Bonnanos in Queens no doubt about it
Dom I want your opinion on this I think the difference in size and power wise with the Columbus and bonnanos has changed over last couple of years with the colmabos becoming closer in size and respect with the bonnanos
I wonder who is running the bonnanos on the streets Johnny has a lot of respect and power and tommy is out now doubt he is running things though
The colombos seem to be gaining power . They have key guys getting out of prison in the next couple of years , Michael uvino , Michael catapano , Benjamin castellazzo Robert zambardo and craig Marino and they have manged to stay out of trouble . I’ve heard billy Russo who is the mush son is a major power and could be on the administration . As for the bonnanos is prob vinny TV , Anthony rabito running things
I thought anothny was taking a step back. Vinny is defo a power in that family and so is John.
Yearh I thought that aswell the colambos rebuilding they could if they are not already soon be ahead of the bonnanos andy Russo is getting out soon wonder if he will get back in the game I know he is old but he loves the life. There is a lot of colanbos in Brooklyn always has and always will there Brooklyn factions are strong
It’s pretty much there only faction , out of all the 5 families they have the least operations in all the bouroghs , even though they have an underboss based in LA and a consigliere whose operations r in Florida ha
Now I have heard from a good source that mikey nose does seem himself as the boss but the guys on the street don’t. He has the bronx faction which is broken a bunch of kids his nephew a wiseguy really? He knows he has little to no influence on the streets when he gets out they will laugh at him Mikey killed his own wife how he got his button I don’t know Mikey was lucky he got pinched vinnie would have whacked him Mikey is a boss in his own mind he might have a broken faction in the bronx but that is it
I think your prob right TM that Mikey actually see’s himself as the actual boss of the family in his own mind, and that is probably where it ends as to his influence. That Bronx faction is def not calling any shots on streets these days and as you and Dom have mentioned its severely depleted.
The Bronx faction was always small but Joe in the late 90s decided to beef it up the major players from that crew vinne basancio,patrick deflippo,johnny,sal, dom, mikey nose(always a joke), and that kid forgot his name .
The guys in the Bronx now not the same that nephew only switched over to the bonnanos after the lukes refused to give him his button that faction is on its last legs a bunch of kids being led by a guy who once released from prison will realize he is just a guy who has a broken crew not a family