Fatico's man on the street to keep him informed about what was happening on the street. The second was that Gotti met Neil Dellacroce, an important under boss to Carl Gambino who was the mob boss at the time. Neil took care of Carlo's violent dirty work from a headquarters in Little Italy's Mulberry Street called the Ravenite Social Club. Neil, who was disappointed that his only son Armond became a drug addict, saw in Gotti a young prospect who was a younger version of his own violent self. These two clicked really well. Like Gotti, he had a weakness for gambling and one such episode got him in trouble with the IRS. Neil ended up in jail for at least a year.
             With both Fatico and Dellacroce in the slammer Gotti was handed a lot of new responsibilities. For one thing, he gained incredible visibility by reporting directly to Carlo Gambino while Fatico was in jail. This matters becuase now insteed of Gotti going through all the nobodys he is talking to directly to Gambino. Before that opportunity, Carlo did not particularly value Gotti's crowd in Ozone Park. To the sophisticated Carlo, they were just a bunch of hotheaded thugs. This was a chance for Gotti to show himself in a differ
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