Salvatore Lombardi

The Genovese crime family ( pronounced  [dʒenoˈveːze; -eːse] ) is one of the " Five Families " that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra ). The Genovese crime family are rivaled in size only by the Gambino crime family and are unmatched in terms of power. They have generally maintained a varying degree of influence over many of the smaller mob families outside New York, including ties with the Philadelphia , Patriarca , and Buffalo crime families.