Most of the old presence in East Harlem may be gone but the Genovese still have a lot of activity in Manhattan as a whole. I'd say Manhattan and the Bronx continues to be the base of the family. That's where the top leadership has been for years now. New Jersey is certainly important, and a Jersey guy will be on the ruling panel now and again, but they're answerable to New York.
Of course they are. Barney, QD and Ernie are all power-based in New York. And that's that
.
But I'm always the first to admit that there aren't any more
recruits coming out of Manhattan. Those neighborhoods are never coming back. It's good that Italian Americans are getting away from the draw of the life, but it's bad because I hate gentrification like poison. And if you've lived in NYC for 50 plus years like I have, so would you
.
