Scarfo was backed by the Genovese family, while Stanfa was backed by the Gambino family when Scarfo went away. It really was a cold war between John Gotti and Vincent Gigante with Philly right in the middle of it. As for the question of power in New Jersey, it would go like this, Genovese, Lucchese, Philadelphia, Elizabeth, Gambino, Bonanno, and then Colombo, but it also depends on what era we are talking about, but the Genovese crime family has always remaind the dominate family in Jersey.