John "Lucky" Gamboni
The Gamboni family is the biggest and most respected of all five families with a combined leadership over the Commission of over 50 years. Originally based in Brooklyn, their base moved to New Jersey after Vito Gamboni died of natural causes in 1966 and Salvatore “Big Sal” Masserano took over control. Big Sal formed the weapons trade and business site syndicates in exchange for complete control over gambling in in all 5 boroughs plus New Jersey.
Some people say Big Sal had been talking to the FBI in an attempt to keep all of his casino’s and control over gambling after it would be completely legalised in the State of New York. Although nobody believes he would actually break the code of silence or rat on others in any way, him being seen with FBI officials most likely got him killed. In the old days the Gambino family worked closely together with the latino street gangs who now feel abandoned as Masserano seems to have lost his connection to the streets being more and more involved in politics.
John “Lucky” Gamboni was lucky to escape from a fire that killed his older brother Carlo at the age of 13. Some say John started the fire himself but nobody ever lived to tell what John Gamboni’s response would be for this accusation. Don Gamboni, running the family casinos and strip clubs is known as a control freak, never rolling the dice before carefully calculating the odds. As he saw the odds of Masserano appointing him as boss diminish, people say John Gamboni must have felt compelled to help change the odds in his favour whilst dealing the blame card to someone else.
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Jimmy "Frank White" "Meatballs" Carna
The Garrone Family invested their prohibition fortune in bricks. Controlling 4 out of the 5 most important unions, it is said that the Garrone family made money on 80% of any high rise building in New York built between 1930 and 1980. In addition to their Construction business, The Garrone family controls most of the garbage disposal in the Greater New York area. The part they do not control, New Jersey and half of Brooklyn, is ran by the Gamboni family.
Although part of the weapons trade syndicate, this has never been a big part of their operation until five years ago. Understanding that power is more important than money, the Garrone family continues to increase their grip on the streets where other families leave gaps.
Jimmy “Frank White” Carna was adopted into the Garrone family after being caught stealing thomb stones at the Queens graveyard. Story is that he had been stealing and sandblasting them to re-sell for years before getting caught. Vicenzo Garrone recognized himself in young Jimmy and put him to work in a low level position after officially adopting him. Although his real name is Jimmy Garrone, he keeps using the Jimmy Carna name to avoid confusion with his uncle Jimmy Garrone. His endless ambition and love for lime light earned him the nickname “Frank White” aka “The King of New York”. His love for using the grinder of their garbage disposal companies to get rid of certain things earned him his other nickname: “Meatballs”.
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