Nice Ivan. Really.
Cleveland still has some "thing" closed to be called "an organization" even in smaller numbers.
I can't really call it an organization. "Network" is more appropriate. Papalardo seems to be more of a "first among equals" than a "boss". This network doesn't really do all that much.
But Youngstown and Pittsburgh are defunct, right?
Organization-wise I mean. Few bookies, collectors and shylocks don't really count.
I can't comment on Pittsburgh with any confidence, but in my opinion the family essentially died when Michael Genovese died, despite the fact that there are a handful of 80 year old made guys still alive.
There are no made men operating in Youngstown as far as I know. So yeah, it is
gone gone. And Pittsburgh will be
gone gone in a few years.
