Were Saratoga,Schenectedy,and Albany all independent of each other?
Were Genovese and / or Bonnano Families active in the others?
Was The Genovese or Bonnano Families in total control in Albany or was their possibly a stronger homegrown independent group that controlled most of it for at least a period of time?
Each of these locations had their resident racketeers, with some of them overlapping into neighboring areas. For instance many Schenectady guys also dealt in Albany. Some did some business in Saratoga also. The areas we're speaking about are all within a few miles of one another anyway. Its not like they were remote to one another.
Also, there wasn't any one particular Family who had total control over those areas, although it does appear that the Luciano Family, dating all the way back to the 1930s-40s, had the most influence over those particular towns/cities. With Carmine Galante wielding some influence through the DiCocco brothers by the 1950s-1960s.
