The Rizzutos stopped sending money to NY after George was hit, that in itself was a message that they were no longer answering to them. Vitale went up there offering Vito the captain position, Vito respectfully declined and that was the end of it. When Vito went to jail and Montagna got deported, he tried to bring them back to the fold, which again is another proof that they did not really care to answer to the Bonnanos.
Nowadays, I doubt the likes of Leonardo Rizzuto or Stefano Sollecito care much about NY. After all they were not made into the Bonnanos, and they have enough on their plate than to worry about NY.
vito said he wanted his father nicolò as captain, and the bonanno's made him
although there were problems between new york and montreal crew, i doubt they stopped to be recognized as cosa nostra, it would be against mafia protocols, it would make the montreal crew a sort of 'stiddari'
