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This is what The 5 New York Families look like as of 2000. Click on their Names and see the History of each Family.

Bonanno Family
About 130 members
Boss: Joseph Massino, lives in Howard Beach, Queens.
Underboss: Salvatore A. Vitale, of Dix Hills, Long Island — Massino’s brother-in-law.

Colombo Family
About 120 members
Boss: Carmine Persico, serving 139 for murder and racketeering.
Acting Boss: Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico, serving an 18-month sentence for illegal gun posession in Miami. His hold on his father’s organization is said to be tenuous.

Gambino Family
Less than 200 members
Boss: John “Dapper Don” Gotti, served life sentence for murder and racketeering. Died in jail. His son, John “Junior” Gotti, was a short-lived acting boss before he pleaded guilty and was imprisoned for six years on extortion conspiracy last year.
Acting Boss: Peter Gotti, the boss’ brother.

Genovese Family
About 250 members
Boss: He once wandered Greenwich Village in a bathrobe, now Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, 72, is serving a 12-year sentence for racketeering and extortion conspiracy in a Fort Worth, Tex., prison hospital. He has delegated many duties but still controls a large and influential organization.
Acting Boss: Dominick Cirillo. The "Quiet Dom" is now in charge of the biggest Family in US.

Lucchese Family
Less than 120 members
Boss: Vittorio Amuso is still the official Boss. Even though he is in jail at present time.
Underboss: Steven Crea, facing state charges of enterprise corruption in Manhattan after he was arrested this month in a construction rigging scam. Jailed in Rikers pending bail hearing. Presides over a family in increasing disarray.