Originally Posted by Njein
What about the other families (Lucchese, Bonanno, Colombo, Philly and DeCavalcante)? Do they still have a presence in New England?



The Lucchese and Bonanno crews never had a presence in CT to speak of. And the Colombo crew hasn't had any representation there since the days of "Whitey" Tropiano who was a soldier (and later became an informant). He got clipped for being a rat around 1980-81 if my memory serves me correctly. They lured him back to Brooklyn and shot him dead.

Philly never had a presence in CT, and the DeCavalcante crew were very strong at one time years back in the City of Waterbury, and to a lesser degree in New Britain. But with the demise of the LeSelva brothers faction, they too are defunct in the state.

Gambino and Genovese. And a few Patriarca men. Thats the long and the short of it in recent years. Today? Who knows. I'm sure they still have a presence, but its a much smaller footprint for sure. The poser is mostly gone I believe.