John Sacrimoni was more powerful than Tony until he was locked up and died. Tony was definitely powerful in Northern New Jersey in Newark and other surrounding areas once he became street boss and boss. His crews are formidable when earning and a couple are great earners, we really never learn what the other families were into, but for the time period the show was on, it would be whoever had a hold on Atlantic City, the unions, gambling, loansharking, Trenton, Camden, and southern New Jersey, will have more power than Tony. Many factors and not much information, that is why for Northern New Jersey I say Tony is powerful.