The thing that people may not remember is that Rudy grew up in Brooklyn, down on Water Street. He grew up with a lot of the wiseguys but took a different path.
Word that “The Snake” Persico went ahead on his own despite the vote surfaced in 2004, when the architect of a failed assassination attempt on Giuliani, Joel Joe Waverly” Cacace, took a plea in exchange for a 20-year sentence.
Yeah, Rudy did take a different path and NY is better for it.