I agree with the above, except to add the 60's and 70's to that era, as law and other criminal groups still had not reared their heads...only from the 80's onward was there any true scrutiny/pressure placed on LCN.
I agree the mob was still very powerful in the 60s and 70s. The decline was gradual, not immediate once it became 1960. Just that the peak was in the 50s. You did start to see attrition in the 70s even before law enforcement started hitting the mob significantly in the 80s.
