Chicago was incredibly powerful but they reported into the Genovese and NY so I don't get what the argument is . The NY man power is just unmatched , NY, NJ , CT can just support much more gangsters than Chi, NY gangster murder rate was very high and there were always replacements. I mean its NY and I'm not from NY. Just the NY drug $ probably was on par with all Chi rackets

Of all the families I actually think the luchesse were the most underrated family back in the day , they were a powerhouse with a ton of killers .