Valuable businesses, gambling, extortion, and anything of value are still under their control for the most part. Drug dens and public housing blocks in low income areas, no, but who wants those really? The difference is that before, italians used to live in alot of blue collar neighborhoods, so they had control of valuable assets, as well as a big prescence on the street in terms of italian gangs, tough guys, ect. Now most live in the suburbs so that blue collar element has been reduced quite abit. It can still be found to an extent though.