The bergen county crew was lodi, garfield, east rutherford area even though Gatto was from paterson. 21st ave had a lot of gambling and a lot of italian cafe’s as did cianci ave and to a certain extent union ave in totowa.
The bergen county crew was pete laplaca’s old crew and he was a Lodi guy. Lodi was as corrupt as the fuckin day is long back in the day and was an italian stronghold for years. That whole area was wiseguy influenced back in the day and to a much smaller extent today. They were all blue collar towns with a lot of bars and gambling and shylocking was huge.
Lou ricci was the gambino muscle in that area back in the day.