What are the Five Families?
Q: What are the Five Families?
A: The Five Families are the five major Italian-American Mafia crime families which have controlled organized crime in New York City since the 1930s.
Q: Who suggested the establishment of The Commission?
A: Salvatore Maranzano and Charles "Lucky" Luciano suggested the establishment of The Commission.
Q: What is The Commission?
A: The Commission is a council that changed how things worked with Mafia activities in the United States.
Q: Who are the bosses of the Five Families currently?
A: The bosses of the Five Families currently are Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (Salvatore Montagna is the acting boss) for the Bonanno family, Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo and Jackie "Nose" D'Amico for the Gambino family, Carmine "Junior" Persico (Thomas Gioeli is the acting boss) for the Colombo family, Daniel "Danny the Lion" Leo for the Genovese family, and Vittorio "Vic" Amuso (Steven "Wonderboy" Crea is the acting boss) for the Lucchese family.
Q: What was the name of the Colombo family before the 1960s?
A: The Colombo family was once known as the Profaci Crime Family, until a coup caused a name change in the early 1960s.
Q: What was the former Godfather Joe Massino's plan?
A: Former Godfather Joe Massino had wanted to change the name of the Bonanno Family to the Massino Family.
Q: Which crime family also has ties to the Five New York families?
A: The DeCavalcante crime family, based in nearby Elizabeth, NJ, also has ties to the five New York families.
