After seeing J Geoff's Bonanno gambling topic, prompted the question-

What is the current state of the Mafia, especially in NY???

Maybe it is because I live in England, but I never really hear any news about the mafia.

Which families are active/most powerful? Who are the bosses?

Maybe I'm dumb, but I never hear of any news.

We don't often here much about the Mafia here mate. The last few events regarding the wiseguys that i've heard has been the deaths of Joe Bonanno and John Gotti. And a few busts involving the Genevese family and an undercover cop early last year sometime.

Americanmafia.com used to be good for latest news but it's never brought upto date anymore.

Jerry Capeci's Ganglandnews.com is one the best sites for past and present information.

The five Families are still active in NY. But ever since the Commission case in the mid eighties La Cosa Nostra has just been taking severe blow after blow. Top guys arrested quite often. There's a good thread about the current bosses in this forum somewhere.

I live in New York, and there is a lot of stuff that goes on in Suffolk County, Long Island. I read stuff about Sinderella's Place in Brentwood, gambling operations in Hauppauge, some stuff in Bayshore.

Suffolk County is really starting to be moved in on, been like this for 15-20+ years now.

Off the record, a good friend of mine is opening a club in the Nassau/Suffolk County area and has already has already been confronted, but I won't say more then that.

La Cosa Nostra is far from dead, and although you don't hear much in the news (compared to the 80s - early 90s) with cases like with John Gotti ... La Cosa Nostra is simply the way it is supposed to be, a "secret society".

You aren't supposed to hear much about them, because it's supposed to be secret. Sure, when you compare it to times when all you read in the papers were about John Gotti and stuff, it ain't to big ... but it's not supposed to be.