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15 Mafia Photos From the 1970s That Feel Like a Movie Scene

The 1970s were a time of power, excess, and bloodshed for the Mafia. The Five Families ruled New York with an iron fist, while casinos (and even storefronts) in major cities like Las Vegas and Chicago ...
The New York Times

New York City’s Mob Families Are Still in Business

Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. By William K. Rashbaum In New York ...

NYC’s Notorious Mafia Families Are Alive and Caught Up in the NBA Gambling Scandal. Here’s What to Know

The federal gambling indictments indicate the New York mafia may be more powerful than experts previously believed.
Law

HSF Kramer's Richard Farley Sees Some Parallels Between the New York Fiscal Crisis of the 1970s and Now. And He Wrote a Book About It.

Patrick Smith interviews HSF Kramer partner Richard Farley about his new book: "Drop Dead: How a Coterie of Corrupt Politicians, Bankers, Lawyers, Spinmeisters, and Mobsters Bankrupted New York, Got ...