We all read that there's not much to pick from anymore, I know we don't know for sure, but are the families still having regular making ceremonies?

There is still making ceremonies but since there is no recent rats or the LE don't share what the informants said them is hard to create a list of induction on the last 5 years.

They make guys every year. Many of them are businessmen. These aren't really street guys

You have a lot of 34 year olds with a button

The guys on the recent gambino case were new inductions. Diego, laforte and I think one more. Around 2018 I believe it said

The Lucchese also made a bunch of older guys these last years. Longtime associates who aren't really earners but are loyal and active enough to be straightened out.

Back in the day, these guys would have never been considered more than solid associates but the Families need to get some new soldiers and i guess for them it's better to make guys that have been around for ages than up and coming guys you don't trust too much.

Philly seems to have the same policy. They inducted longtime associates who are related to some members like Sonny Mazzone and Anthony Borgesi.

Sonny Mazzone has been around the Family for ages. It doesn't make sense to wait 30 years to make a guy like him. They didn't make him back then because he was an on and off associate who wasn't fully in the streets. But now they need some new soldier and prefer to go with an older guy they trust. I 'm sure they had to convince him to get made. I don't see why Sonny Mazzone would want to be made at that stage.

Of course they do, it appears every NY family still makes guys twice per year, the guys at the top needs suckers at the bottom

But I guess the gene pool is very limited for the smaller families outside NY

Lil snuff just got made in Phili .