Editing Carlo Gambino (section)

=== Boss ===
After Genovese's imprisonment, Gambino took control of The Commission. Under his leadership, the Gambino crime family had 500 soldiers and over 1,000 associates.<ref name="mobstar">Mustain, Gene; Capeci, Jerry. ''Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=QbDFyjuaQGYC&q=500+made+men (p. 295)]</ref>

In 1962, Gambino's oldest son, Thomas, married Lucchese's daughter Frances.<ref>[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/3.html The Gambino Crime Family — A Squirrel of a Man — Crime Library on truTV.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520091550/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/3.html |date=2013-05-20 }}</ref> Over 1,000 guests attended the wedding, at which Gambino presented Lucchese with a $30,000 gift. In return, Lucchese gave Gambino a part of his rackets at Idlewild Airport (now called [[John F. Kennedy Airport]]).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/20/nyregion/police-say-their-chinatown-sting-ties-mob-to-the-garment-industry.html?scp=18&sq=Joseph%20Lucchese%20dies&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first=Selwyn | last=Raab | title=Police Say Their Chinatown Sting Ties Mob to the Garment Industry | date=March 20, 1990}}</ref> Lucchese exercised control over airport security and airport [[labor union|unions]]. As a team, Lucchese and Gambino now controlled the airport, the Commission, and most organized crime in New York.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/05/nyregion/gambino-gained-mob-tax-with-fear-prosecutor-says.html?scp=3&sq=Tommy%20Lucchese%20brother&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first=Ronald | last=Sullivan | title=Gambino Gained 'Mob Tax' With Fear, Prosecutor Says | date=February 5, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/02/nyregion/thomas-gambino-it-s-all-in-the-name.html?pagewanted=1 | work=The New York Times | first=James | last=Barron | title=Thomas Gambino: It's All in the Name | date=December 2, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/05/06/1999-05-06_jailed_capo_out_2m_stuck_in_.html |location=New York |title=Jailed Capo Out 2m Stuck In Stock Scam, Gambino Charges - New York Daily News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608110032/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/05/06/1999-05-06_jailed_capo_out_2m_stuck_in_.html |archive-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref>