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La Cosa Nostra has long been entrenched in the Garden State, the New Jersey Crime Family has been famed in the hit HBO show The Sopranos. Like The Sopranos the real life DeCavalcante Crime Family is forced to compete with all five New York families in New Jersey, as well as the Philadelphia Crime Family. However, the DeCavalcante Crime Family has also been rather successful operating in New York as well as many associates who are unable to be made with New York families have been made with the DeCavalcante Crime Family.

Current Status:
Boss: Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi (Imprisoned)
Acting Boss: Francesco "Frank" Guarraci
Underboss: Joseph "the Old Man" Miranda
Consigliere: Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile (Imprisoned)
Membership: 40-50 (estimate)
Associates: 100-150 (estimate)
Areas of Interest: Newark (NJ), Trenton (NJ), Elizabeth (NJ), New York

Years
Boss
Outcome
1910-1937
Gaspare D'Amico (Newark)
Shot, Fled, Deposed
1913-1937
Stefano Badami (Elizabeth)
Appointed Head of NJ LCN
1937-1955
Stefano Badami
Murdered
1955-1957
Filippo "Phil" Amari
Retired to Sicily
1957-1964
Nick Delmore
Died
1964-1982

Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante
Retired to Florida
1982-Present

Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi
Imprisoned
Years
Underboss
Outcome
1923-1931
Sam Monaco
Murdered
1931-1955
Filippo "Phil" Amari
Promoted
1955-1957
Nicholas Delmore
Promoted
1957-1964
Louis LaRasso
Demoted to Soldato
Reported to DeCavalcante
1964-1978
Joseph "Joe" LaSelva
Retired
1978-1982

Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi
Promoted
1982-1989

Girolamo "Jimmy Dumps" Palermo
Demoted
1989-1992

John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato
Murdered
1992-2003

Girolamo "Jimmy Dumps" Palermo
Imprisoned
2003-Present
Joseph "the Old Man" Miranda
Years
Consigliere
Outcome
1957-1982
Frank Majuri
Retired
1982-Present

Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile
Imprisoned