Underboss
During the late 1970s, Vario and most of the Vario Crew members were sent to prison on various of charges. When Santoro was released from prison in 1978 he took over as Underboss operating the powerful Bronx faction of the family. He left the drug trade alone and instead took over the labor and construction racketeering operations for the Lucchese crime family in New York City. Santoro gained a reputation of being an excellent labor racketeer and cooperated with Consigliere Christopher "Christie Tick" Furnari and other top capos in the family. He bought a home on City Island Avenue in City Island, Bronx.
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