why do u think that all five new York families are powerful?
the Genovese, and the Gambino's are still strong
but the other 3 have been plagued by internal wars and informants
god knows how many ranking ny mob figures are currently ratting
Power is obviously a relative term. Yes, there is a big drop off from the Genovese and Gambino families to the Luccheses, Colombos, and Bonannos. But there is another big drop off from those 3 smaller NY families to the other remaining ones.
a family full of informants is not strong
it doesn't matter if they make people for the sake of making people
NY mob has more competition from other mafia families and other ethnic crime groups (Russians, Dominicans, latin kings, bloods, etc.) than other cities that have mob families
NY mafia is more diminished than you want to believe
