Michael “Mikey Nose” Mancuso the reputed boss of the Bonanno crime family has been trying to stifle a potentially bloody dispute for control of the family developing within its ranks.
Mancuso is running the family while serving what remains of a 15-year sentence in federal prison according to the feds, not slated for release until 2019. It seems a crew of rebellious Bonanno members are at the heart of the dispute which according to court documents is still in a diplomatic stage as Mancuso tries to maintain control.
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Mancuso has been dispatching messages through Frank “Frankie Boy” Salerno his nephew and a reputed newly made soldier in the Bonanno family according to court papers. These messages were being routed through alleged street boss John Palazzolo who was hand picked by Mancuso to run things on the streets until his prison release in an attempt to thwart the potential uprising. The NY Organized Crime Intelligence Division tipped off probation officials to the new role Salerno was playing as the Mancuso and Palazzolo go between leading to Palazzolo’s arrest on parole violations.
Salerno was seen meeting with Palazzolo and a crew of mobsters at a Bayside Queens eatery just hours after leaving Danbury federal prison where Mancuso is being held. Others attending the restaurant session included Pasquale “Patty Boy” Maiorino and John “Johnny Mulberry” Sciremammano both reputed Bonanno members and part of an organized crime figure list Palazzolo was ordered to avoid having contact with. Prosecutors claim along with meeting these members of the “do not associate” list Palazzolo was also seen meeting with former Bonanno family consigliere Anthony “Fat Anthony” Rabito.
According to mob sources, the Bonanno family has made up to a dozen new members in recent months in an attempt to replenish its ranks. Included in this new batch of Bonanno made men were believed to have been Salerno if for nothing else to legitimize his position as Mancuso’s new go-between with members of the family. Whether or not the arrest of Palazzolo who is now being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center has put the brakes on the internal beef within the Bonanno family is unknown. Although it would be mafia news to have a bloody street war break out inside one of the New York mafia families today, it seems unlikely.
a mob war i believe it would be unlikely but the bonnano family since massimo flipped has been the most violent and you never know with the mob the bonnanoes have lost alot of respect with other New York familys because they have been constantly inducting guys into the mob over the last few years look at Enzo “The Baker” Stagno he got shot a few times in 2013 by the lucheses over the bonnanoes inducting aload of guys.
I dont think there could be a mob war in the present time of the mob as i think if it really got out of control the other familys would step in as nobody wants a mob war it would bring on alot of heat when the feds are just beginning to take the pressure of a little bit but i do believe there could be violent s and maybe a few mob hits but i doubt it would ever blow up into a huge mob war but saying that who knows with the Bonnanoes i would of never thought all those guys would flip in the early 2000s
I think if those guys do take to the streets whacking internal rivals it will be obviously a big mistake and a real blow to the already as you mentioned before struggling family. The feds would hit em with all they have and the other families would def turn their backs and make things tough on those responsible.
true look at the colambos and what the war did to them