The Plumber did things the right way.
He insisted on all his guys working a 9-5 job and made sure they were able to get union jobs, rather than rob the union for every cent they didn’t have, he was more concerned with having a vehicle for his men to have cover from the feds and earn a decent living.

Historically they have not had many rats.

Before the early 2000’s when they had a wave of guys getting indicted and flipping they stayed way under the radar.

They did NOT kill many and did not have much internal fighting..

So they were a very stable family.

Also, after Bruno if the Westside N.J. faction was putting a lot of pressure on their rackets or even the P.A. family that was now run by a maniac (SCARFO)
It would make perfect sense for them to align with the Gambino Family for extra strength which they have historic ties to, so the other families operating in N.J. would leave them alone.

According to Giovannie the admin is fully functioning, they are recruiting younger members like the DOG, and have a few crews left.

Why they would make big headlines today when even at their prime they just never did would make no sense.