The main reason some posters claim NY mob guys are not low key, while those in places like Chicago and Detroit are, is to explain away the lesser cases in those latter areas. As said above, mob guys everywhere are more or less the same. It's not like guys in NY are running around trying to get the attention of the press or the FBI. They naturally want to stay out of prison just as much as a guy in Chicago or Detroit. There's just a lot more of them, those families are a lot more active, and there's more coverage by both the press and law enforcement.

There's really little or nothing today that the NY families would meet with people in Chicago or Detroit over. At least not on an administrative level. And that's something different from, say, Bonanno soldier Vinny Faraci being involved in the strip club business with Outfit people.