No, LCN came after when forming the new families across the nation. The first family is New Orleans, followed by San Francisco, Belleville and Camden New Jersey. New Orleans has activities that show there was a mob presence in the late 1860's, while the other three shows evidence in the early and mid 1870's. By late 1870's and 1980's, they start popping up in the eastern cities, as well as the Midwest states.
The so-called Palermitani clan, later known as the Gambino family, probably also had members in NYC as early as 1870. Men like Gaetano Russo, Guiseppe Esposito, Michel Cancemi and Nicolo Taranto have been mentioned by experts on the early New York mafia, as likely early members..
