"i thought the five families thought of jersey as a joke"

I thought they meant the jersey family, not new jersey itself. Many of them lived there at one time or another. I believe Gigante lived in a place called Old Tappan (or something like that) for a while. Also, I thought that Philadelphia also had crews specifically assigned to New Jersey. It would seem Atlantic City would be the kind of place that would attract them. It would also be hard to believe that a place with the potential for large garbage hauling and ports would be seen as a 'joke'.

Does anyone know if Connecticut has any significant mob activity? Parts of it are considered part of the New York Metropolitan Area. I would think that if the mob was in a place like Westchester County, then it wouldn't be a huge jump for them to go into Connecticut.