In Soprano universe Jersey just had a war. Richie leaned toward the Junior faction and I imagine so did most of those jerkeys in line with envelopes. Paulie was reminding them which side won.

"...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