The have nothing to do with it, so that's from out of left field. The Westside has traditionally run the white-collar rackets up there. Mainly garbage, trucking, and one of the few IBT Locals left with ties to LCN.

The Gambinos have always done the grittier and more blue collar work up there. Mainly bookmaking, shy, card games, and hint: something that more often than not comes up from South of the Border.

Now, of course, there's going to be some overlapping in what they do. But generally speaking, their rackets are apples and oranges. No one is gonna look to take anything that wasn't there's to begin with.