Mostly a bunch of kids doing half ass shit. Theres a few crews of these kinda guys and sure maybe some higher level guys from russia that have homes in the nyc area with some business interests, but in general still small time even compared to the "reduced" italian presence these days. You got 5 big families, one smaller family across the river, and not to mention small ndrangheta cells, sicilians, camorra, ect. Thats hundreds of serious wiseguys, plus thousands of wannabees, up and comers, non italians ect all working for the familes. Compare that to what, a hundred or so russian goons in brighton beach, maybe a couple dozen somewhat serious russians spread through nyc. Yet you still hear how the russians are so powerful, friggin mongoloids who say that shit...