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Gotti was nevertheless able to take control of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family in 1988.

According to the DeCavalcante capo-turned-informant Anthony Rotondo, Gotti attended his father's wake with numerous other Gambino mobsters in a " show of force " and forced boss John Riggi to agree to run his family on the Gambino's behalf.

The DeCavalcantes remained in the Gambino's sphere of influence until John Gotti's imprisonment.