From the 1930's forward, the Outfit has always been the strongest, best organized, most politically & union strong Mafia group in the country. Chicago basically told New York to get the fuck out of Las Vegas back in the late 1950's. New York has always been strong but is not cohesive like Chicago and makes too many soldiers who basically go out and do whatever they want to do as long as they pay some kind of tribute to their captain. in Chicago, the soldiers are not made guys but instead, they WORK for the made guys doing specific jobs. Much better organized than New York. There is a long, long list of rats in New York. In Chicago, there has only been ONE rat among the highly elite smaller core of made guys in 80 years. The Federal government has publicly stated in numerous reports, that the Chicago Outfit is the Strongest mafia group in the Country. Always has been. Not the Genovese's. If you don't like hearing it, go argue with the Feds about it.