Meadow mentions Luciano, which was the Genovese family.
I was always pretty sure that the power of Tony and his crew along with his gumption to challenge NY families was based more on NY crews in New Jersey than the DeCavs.
One of many reasons I found seasons 1 and 2 to be the best was because it was Jersey vs. Jersey, which was far more realistic than a Jersey boss taking on NY, which borders science fiction.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
