If they're just a crew why do they have a boss, consiglieri, etc? It's funny because The Sopranos does go into this. When John Sack tells Phil Leotardo that Tony's a boss, and Phil objects.
It's always interesting to me as to why this family was formed in the first place, when all of the 5 families were always there, the Genovese always being the biggest and strongest in Jersey. Jersey's mob history is fascinating. I'm guessing a lot of guys in the old Newark and Elizabeth families did a lot of big favors for big people at key times in mob history.
I have read there was originally a Newark family, and that it split up and some of the members were divided up among the NYC families, with the Elizabeth crew becoming their own family. I can't remember off the top of my head where I read that, though. I know Valachi mentions Newark as a sixth family in the Valachi Papers. He used to sell stolen ration stamps during WW2 to one of their members.
