Originally Posted by Neo
Originally Posted by furio_from_naples
Its strange that a family with such large recruitment pool had only
30-40 made men.


I did a bit of math.....

1 million Italians in New York. There is 400-500 made members in New York, or came from New York. There is 250,000 Italians in Rhode Island and Boston (New England family turf), so by my estimate, if we use New York as a measuring stick, there should be 100-125 made members in Boston and Rhode Island. But clearly this has never been the case. Very strange indeed.


At their peak the Patriarcas had 100 made men but after Patriarcas sr death in 1984 and thanks to Connolly and Bulger the hierarchy (Angiulo and Zannino) was arrested and wild bill grasso and salemme fighted for the take the family and so on.
With a better boss the family would have today if not 100 maybe 50-60 active members.