 Welcome to the original gangsters podcast. I'm your host Scott Bernstein quick hitter edition we're gonna go out to the west side of New York. I did a deep dive of the Genovese crime family in 2024 the upper echelons of the organization or the upper echelon I should say Barney Belomo the godfather of that family the boss of bosses the most powerful mafia don in New York City according to my sources he's not an official boss of bosses I'm using that term more you know more general terminology as opposed to him being a of a elected uh couple they do they do the couple in uh copy in um in a commission or whatnot so I know people take on bridge with that anyway Barney uh you know lives in in City Island and keeps a very low profile uh he's a guy that I'm told relies on you know seven primary people to keep the Genovese crime family you know moving like a well oiled machine like we know they've always been you know the they are the Ivy the Ivy League of of OC the you know the Harvard the Yale the Princeton of the mob in America dating you know dating back decades and uh Barney is just kind of the next in line uh of you know great leaders guys that are you know they they hit the trifecta that I call in uh what makes up a great organized crime boss you know loved feared and respected so uh let's go to break down you know kind of the king's court if you will uh on the west side Barney obviously in the top spot some people question um I guess if Ernie might be the real guy Puppetine Barney I've heard that but that's not true according to my sources uh Barney is the top guy Ernie Mascarella uh is his under boss you know very very very respected um a guy that uh holds juice you know in every borough and um is you know maybe the the most formidable under boss um in America right now but uh underneath him we reported earlier this year that Patsy Pirello the OG uh and Arthur Avenue out in the Bronx um when he came out of prison a couple years ago had been uh bumped up to Consulieri um I'm told that uh Uncle Patty Falsetti could actually be the acting Consulieri right now um and it's definitely going to be the future Consulieri he is somebody that is always looked to for counsel by Barney someone that spends a lot of time with Barney I'm going to talk about kind of a coffee group uh that Barney in his inner circle have uh in a little bit but Patty is uh it is a go-to in terms of a sounding board for um for Barney as well as Ernie and Patsy uh Street Boss right now was Danny Pagano we also reported that uh recently you know he had been the Street Boss got into some legal problems um and was replaced by Mickey Ragusa a protege of Barney uh Mickey is probably going to be the the future under boss I'm told another guy that spends a lot of time uh with Barney and very trusted so uh underneath these guys you got um Anthony Tony de Palumbo who is a couple that controls Staten Island controls the waterfront another guy that's relied on from Barney to do a lot of heavy lifting and then you have who I'm told is the heir apparent Ralphie Balsamo who is locked up right now uh doing a short bid for uh federal racketeering called The Undertaker owns a uh runs a uh a funeral home and uh you know Ralphie is someone who spends a lot of time with Barney too when he's uh you know when he's free when he's not a guest of the government um but even in prison right now in Fort Dix Ralphie holds a lot of sway I'm told so you know you have this group of guys that um you know seven guys underneath Barney that uh are you know they're the they're the levers they're the mechanisms that make this this family go um and make them the gold standard now I this is not to disparage any other powerful capos or uh former administrators guys that are on the street that that still have uh juice and power and that Barney likes uh in some cases trusts and looks to counts looks for counsel from but the seven that I just named are uh that's the that's the starting lineup if you will so um Barney likes to have coffee with these guys in the morning um not in public and and they're very smart about it you know kind of moving moving from place to place uh different apartments different condominiums different houses uh different you know possibly social clubs or whatever um and uh I know that there are some guys that are there kind of every day with him Mickey and Patty and uh then there are guys that come in you know once a week to check in or twice a week guys like uh Ernie and Danny uh and and uh Patsy and Tony D come by uh at least uh a handful of times a month to have coffee and chime in um on their end so uh that's how Barney likes to do a lot of his business I'm told uh these kind of morning coffee clashes with his boys and it's just you know kind of interesting to see how this family will continue to evolve but I'm told that Ralphie Balsamo is is being groomed for the eventual top spot Mickey Ragusa will probably be the the under boss he was the street boss um as we as I said before for Danny but Danny Pagano was back running the day to day for Barney he's the final word on the street uh out of uh you know East uh East Bronx uh the name of name of his headquarters I believe is the East Bronx Soccer Club but uh another you know an OG uh a guy that multi-generational in terms of his bloodline and uh all these guys by the way uh or I should say most of these guys at least were you know well liked by the chin which is you know Barney is who Barney is today because the chin saw something in him you know way back in the 70s and 80s uh that I think Barney sees in Ralphie and uh and Mickey so that's my report uh from the west side that's what I got for you at 2024 this is what the the batting order looks like check back for more breaking OC news here on the OG please like subscribe share spread the word I'm Scott Bernstein OG pod out