I agree, it has always been a traditionally small family. However, by the mid 80's, Genovese seized control of all of Youngstown/Warren/Akron/Canton Ohio (which was always shared with Cleveland) as well as used their connections in Western New York around the Buffalo region to control quite a bit of the waste hauling and labor unions infiltration. LaRocca was a well respected boss, but so was Genovese. In 1986, Fortune magazine ran an article on the "Top 50 Mafia bosses" in the country and Mike Genovese was listed as #25. That is quite strong considering Pittsburgh has been traditionally a smaller, yet strong and cohesive family.
