He rose to capo status quickly, and by the late 1980s, became consigliere beside Victor Orena who was named acting boss, helping to run the Family for the imprisoned Carmine Persico. This was a precursor to the third Colombo war.
Benedetto (Benny) Aloi was born in 1936 in Brooklyn. He was the son of Sebastiano (Buster) Aloi and younger brother of Vincent Aloi who were both major members of the Colombo family for decades. He lived in the Ozone Park section of Queens before relocating to 135 Beech Street in the Floral Park area in the 1960s.
