The force of Rizzutos under Vito was the connections with politicians,rogue cops,construction s ecc Vito was also a peacemaker in few words the street thugs respected Vito; now who control the family maybe Leonardo Rizzuto that had ties with the angels isn't charismatic as his father and the Siderno group want to take montreal.
The Bonanno had max 120 made men and no way 1000 associates maybe 400-500.
1000 associates at the beginning of the 21st century is very well possible Fur. The Bonannos at that time were at their peak before all the indictments decimated them..
Also, Selwyn Raab writes in his book that Law Enforcement states that for every made man in the Five Families, there are 5-10 associates and the Bonannos had around 150 made men in early 2000's, again according to Raab in his book Five Families..
