They said the same thing to Pittsburgh and we can only speculate "why". Truth is I haven't heard a single case of made NY guys operating in Pittsburgh, in Scranton, in Wilkes-Barre. Perhaps the Commission was scheming to take over their territory but in all the ensuing indictments, never followed through. The Bufalinos had some crews in upstate New York though and maybe they wanted to stop new blood from being made in to the family up there.