Thanks IvyLeague
I assume the mobs vice-like grip on the Teamsters and other unions is a thing of the past?
Likewise I doubt they are still rigging construction contracts in Manhattan like they once did! (if at all).
Perhaps Florida will offer todays mob new avenues to generate income?
The mob no longer controls the "big four" labor unions (ILA, IBT, HEREIU, LIUNA) on a national level. They do still control, or at least have varying degrees of influence over, certain union locals in the New York/New Jersey area; and to a much lesser extent, in other areas like New England, Chicago, etc.
In New York itself, the families no longer control entire industries like they once did. But they remain involved in several of them to one extent or another. The construction industry above all. Bid-rigging still goes on, though not on the same level it once did. Back in the 1990's, after many of it's bid-rigging rings were broken up, the mob switched tactics from controlling bids on projects worth $50 million and more to getting kickbacks on sweetheart deals on smaller projects.
The New York families have been active in Florida for decades. They all have crews there. It's wide open territory where the mob can get involved in any number of things - gambling, nightclubs, drugs, valet services, stock scams, stolen goods, etc.
