Complex sentence: Despite his usefulness as an enforcer and hitman, Borelli could never become a made man in the Gambino family; he was automatically disqualified from family membership because in the early 1970s he took the New York Police Department (NYPD) entrance exam.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite his usefulness as an enforcer and hitman, Borelli could never become a made man in the Gambino family. He was automatically disqualified from family membership because in the early 1970s he took the New York Police Department entrance exam.