From Gotti to Gigante, the names atop today’s Mafia organizational charts are old ones. But the times have certainly changed for New York’s biggest families—and not for the better. In this book we will look at New York City’s Five Families. All have bookmaking, loan-sharking, and extortion rackets. The Genovese family and, to a lesser degree, the Lucchese family (like the Gambinos) also have viable labor-racketeering endeavors that let them invest and launder their ill-gotten gains in “legitimate” industries. Every Family has declined as of late, some more than others.
