To my knowledge, they continue to control the majority of gambling and continue to have some union influence..especially with LIUNA...along with the Buffalo family?
But the better historians here from the Youngstown-Pittsburgh-Stubenville triangle all pretty much agree that that family is as dormant as Vesuvius.
And regards the Buffalo family?
The remains of the Pittsburgh mob's union influence appears to have ended when Laborers Local 1058 was put under federal oversight back in 2001. There have still been some gambling busts here and there involving people connected to the family over the last 10 or 15 years but that in no way implies there is still a formally structured, viable family there. At most there are a handful of members still living. Some say only one or two.
Buffalo does have more members remaining, about 20 still, but it also no longer appears to be recognized as a viable family by the feds. At least it hasn't been included on any list of remaining families I've seen since the 1990's. That's when they lost control of Laborers Local 210 when it was put under oversight. There have continued to be the odd bust - some gambling, some drugs, some other things - involving members or associates but, again, that doesn't imply a formally structured, viable family at this point.
