In late 1989, Separately every day the five-crime families were mentioned in the New York Post and The New York Daily News. The Colombo crime family was involved in the civil war between Boss Carmine Persico against his Acting Boss Victor Orena. John Gotti Boss of the Gambino crime family was fighting for his life. The law enforcement wanted John Gotti in prison and the gangster from the Genovese and Lucchese crime family wanted to kill John Gotti. So, every day the journalist at a field day reporting on the American Mafia. the newspapers and the television network the Mafia families became entertainment gossip news. The Bonanno crime family was considered the minor league at the time of the Mafia gossip. Boss Philip Rusty Rastelli and Acting Boss Joe Massino were in prison. Author Giacomo Amato









