Five major New York City organized crime families of the Italian American MafiaThe Five Families are the five major families of the, formed in 1931 by following his victory in the.Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the, and families. Each family had a demarcated territory, an organizationally structured hierarchy, and having each family report up to the same overarching governing entity. Initially, Maranzano intended each family's boss to report to him as the ('boss of all bosses'). However, this led to his assassination that September, and the role was replaced by, a ruling committee to oversee all Mafia activities in the United States and serve to mediate conflicts between families, consisting of the bosses of the Five Families, as well as the bosses of the and the. In 1963, publicly disclosed the existence of New York City's Five Families at the.

Since then, a few other crime families have been able to become powerful or notable enough to rise to a level comparable or close to that of the Five Families, holding or sharing the unofficial designation of. Contents.History Leading up to the Five Families In the 1920s, operations in the U.S. Were controlled by, whose faction consisted mainly of gangsters from and the and regions of. Masseria's faction included,.

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However, powerful Sicilian mafioso decided to make a bid for control of Mafia operations. From his base in, he sent to seize control. The Castellammarese faction in the U.S. As it became more and more evident that the two factions would clash for leadership of the Mafia, they each sought to recruit more followers to support them.Outwardly, the Castellammarese War was between the forces of Masseria and Maranzano. Underneath, however, there was also a generational conflict between the old guard Sicilian leadership – known as the ' for their long mustaches and old-world ways, such as refusing to do business with non-Italians – and the 'Young Turks', a younger and more diverse Italian group who were more forward thinking and willing to work more with non-Italians. This approach led his followers to question whether Masseria was even capable of making the Mafia prosper in the modern times. Led by Luciano, the aim of this group was to end the war as soon as possible in order to resume their businesses, because they viewed the conflict as unnecessary.

Luciano's objective was to modernize the mob and do away with unnecessary orthodox norms. This was a vision that enabled him to attract followers, who had seen the inadequacies of Masseria's traditionalist leadership. Therefore, both factions were fluid, with many mobsters switching sides or killing their own allies during the war. Tensions between the Maranzano and Masseria factions were evident as far back as 1928, with one side frequently the other's alcohol trucks (alcohol production was then illegal in the United States due to ).In early 1931, Luciano decided to eliminate Masseria. The war had been going poorly for Masseria, and Luciano saw an opportunity to switch allegiance.

In a secret deal with Maranzano, Luciano agreed to engineer Masseria's death in return for receiving Masseria's and becoming Maranzano's second-in-command. Had joined the Masseria faction and when Masseria heard about Luciano's betrayal, he approached Adonis about killing Luciano. However, Adonis instead warned Luciano about the murder plot.

On April 15, 1931, Masseria was killed at Nuova Villa Tammaro, a restaurant in. While they played cards, Luciano allegedly excused himself to the bathroom, with the gunmen reportedly being Anastasia, Genovese, Adonis, and; drove the getaway car, but legend has it that he was too shaken up to drive away and had to be shoved out of the driver's seat by Siegel. With Maranzano's blessing, Luciano took over Masseria's gang and became Maranzano's lieutenant, ending the Castellammarese War. The Five Families' formation With Masseria gone, Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Five Families headed by Luciano, and himself. Maranzano called a meeting of crime bosses in, where he declared himself ('boss of all bosses'). Maranzano also whittled down the rival families' rackets in favor of his own. Luciano appeared to accept these changes, but was merely biding his time before removing Maranzano.

Although Maranzano was slightly more forward-thinking than Masseria, Luciano had come to believe that Maranzano was even more greedy and hidebound than Masseria had been.By September 1931, Maranzano realized Luciano was a threat, and hired, an Irish gangster, to kill him. However, Lucchese alerted Luciano that he was marked for death. On September 10, Maranzano ordered Luciano, Genovese and Costello to come to his office at the in Manhattan.

Convinced that Maranzano planned to murder them, Luciano decided to act first. He sent to Maranzano's office four Jewish gangsters whose faces were unknown to Maranzano's people. They had been secured with the aid of. Disguised as government agents, two of the gangsters disarmed Maranzano's bodyguards. The other two, aided by Lucchese, who was there to point Maranzano out, stabbed the boss multiple times before shooting him.

This assassination was the first of what would later be fabled as the 'Night of the.' The Commission's formation After Maranzano's murder in 1931, Luciano called a meeting in. Although there would have been few objections had Luciano declared himself capo di tutti i capi, he abolished the title, believing the position created trouble between the families and made himself a target for another ambitious challenger. Luciano's goals with the were to quietly maintain his own power over all the families, and to prevent future wars; the bosses approved the idea of the Commission. The Commission would consist of a ' to oversee all Mafia activities in the United States and serve to mediate conflicts between families.The Commission consisted of seven family bosses: the leaders of New York's Five Families:, and; boss; and boss. Charlie Luciano was appointed of the Commission.

The Commission agreed to hold meetings every five years or when they needed to discuss family problems. Original and current Five Families bosses In 1963, publicly disclosed the existence of New York City's Five Families at the.

According to Valachi, the original bosses of the Five Families were,. At the time of his testimony in 1963, Valachi revealed that the current bosses of the Five Families were,.

These have since been the names most commonly used to refer to the New York Five Families, despite years of overturn and changing bosses in each. Original family nameFounded byCurrent family nameNamed afterCurrent bossActing bossMaranzanoProfaciUnknownAndrew RussoManganoLucianoGaglianoTerritories The crime families historically operated throughout the, but mainly within. In the state of, the gangs have increased their criminal on ( and ) and the counties of,. They also maintain a strong presence in the state of.

The Five Families are also active in, and. The operates mainly in.

The family also maintains influence in Manhattan, The Bronx, Westchester County, New Jersey, California, and Florida, and have ties to the Montreal Mafia in. The Bath Avenue Crew operated in the section of Brooklyn, New York. The operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. The family also maintains influence in Staten Island, Manhattan, The Bronx, New Jersey, and Florida.

The operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island. The family also maintains influence in The Bronx, New Jersey, Westchester County, Connecticut, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Florida, and. operate in Queens and Long Island. The operates mainly in Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. The family also maintains influence in Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester County, Rockland County, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. operates in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx. operates in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan.

operates throughout the state of New Jersey. The operates mainly in The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey.

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