When Joe Massino met Rusty Rastelli for the first time in the early 1970s, Rastelli asked him if he knew anything about a recent off-the-record killing, seemingly indicating he believed Massino may have had some involvement. Rusty then told him that when he found out who the perpetrator was, he already had approval from the Commission to kill him... What's a Commission, Massino wondered... Joe Massino came from a working-class Maspeth background, the second of three sons of a second-generation Italian-American couple. He survived and thrived in a longtime career in the American Mafia, rising to the epitome when he became boss of the Bonanno crime family. For a while, when other bosses were incarcerated, Massino was the most powerful Mafioso on the street. Goombata: Gene Gotti, left, and Joe Massino walk talk While luck, as usual, probably played a role in his rise, Massino also brought to the table strong qualities that doubtlessly helped. His formal education may have ended dur
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