I would say that the Smaldone's/Denver organization was indeed a viable family back in the day. They had quite a few guys under them, it wasn't just the Smaldone's and a couple of cronies. They had bookmaking and gambling operations as well, the usual mob bread and butter rackets.

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Here's a link to an old hierarchy type list Hopefully the link works.

I would still consider them as tier 5 though.