by B. » Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:31 pm
One thing to consider too is that if Buffalo had 125 members at their peak it would put them roughly around the same size as the Colombo and Lucchese families but it looks like Buffalo didn't have as many captains as those families. Most if not all of Buffalo's captains look to have been based on different outposts/locations in the family's territory, while the NYC family's members were concentrated in a smaller area and captains weren't based as much on distinct territory (of course there were divisions based on borough+neighborhood, but that is still a smaller geographic area than the sprawling Magaddino family).
With the above in mind, the Buffalo family's crews were probably quite large. It appears they had separate captains over Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Utica/Syracuse (though possible Syracuse became its own crew under DeStefano at one point), Rochester, Hamilton/Toronto, and possibly Erie. Not sure if Youngstown was ever under a captain but either way doubtful they had more than a handful of members there. We can guess that the highest concentration of membership was in Buffalo / NF, though because we're missing a lot of names we can't say for certain how everything was divided.
There were 14 confirmed members of the Utica regime, including the Falcone brothers, and a number of suspected members, some more likely than others, which suggests that the Utica crew may have had 20+ members at its peak. It's not unreasonable to think Rochester was equal or greater in size, which would account for a large chunk of the 40+ members identified by the turncoat. I definitely agree with Pogo that losing Rochester was a major blow to the total Magaddino family membership no matter what all of the details were.
One thing to consider too is that if Buffalo had 125 members at their peak it would put them roughly around the same size as the Colombo and Lucchese families but it looks like Buffalo didn't have as many captains as those families. Most if not all of Buffalo's captains look to have been based on different outposts/locations in the family's territory, while the NYC family's members were concentrated in a smaller area and captains weren't based as much on distinct territory (of course there were divisions based on borough+neighborhood, but that is still a smaller geographic area than the sprawling Magaddino family).
With the above in mind, the Buffalo family's crews were probably quite large. It appears they had separate captains over Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Utica/Syracuse (though possible Syracuse became its own crew under DeStefano at one point), Rochester, Hamilton/Toronto, and possibly Erie. Not sure if Youngstown was ever under a captain but either way doubtful they had more than a handful of members there. We can guess that the highest concentration of membership was in Buffalo / NF, though because we're missing a lot of names we can't say for certain how everything was divided.
There were 14 confirmed members of the Utica regime, including the Falcone brothers, and a number of suspected members, some more likely than others, which suggests that the Utica crew may have had 20+ members at its peak. It's not unreasonable to think Rochester was equal or greater in size, which would account for a large chunk of the 40+ members identified by the turncoat. I definitely agree with Pogo that losing Rochester was a major blow to the total Magaddino family membership no matter what all of the details were.