Originally Posted By: furio_from_naples
But given that New Jersey has 16.8% of the population of Italian origin, why isn't created a strong family as the other outside NY, (Patriarca, Philly, etc.), during the prohibitionism ?
And then there being more italian in Jersey than in the state of NY, shouldn't was more easy to made new blood ?


All the youngsters coming up in Jersey want to be involved with the Genovese family or other NY families, not a family on the way out.