Gotham unbound : how New York City was liberated from the grip of organized crime / James B. Jacobs with Coleen Friel and Robert Radick.

Author/creator Jacobs, James B.
Other author Friel, Coleen.
Other author Radick, Robert.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©1999.
Descriptionx, 329 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Racketeering--New York (State). --New York.
Mafia--New York (State). --New York.
Business enterprises--Corrupt practices. --New York (State). --New York.
Organized crime investigation--New York (State). --New York.

Contents A Cosa Nostra outfit: seven decades of mob rule in the garment district -- Fishy business: the Mafia and the Fulton Fish market -- The taking of John F. Kennedy Airport -- Exhibiting corruption: the Javits Convention Center -- Carting away a fortune: Cosa Nostra and the waste-hauling industry -- Building a Cosa Nostra fiefdom: the construction industry -- Conclusion to part I -- Liberating the garment district -- Freeing the Fulton Fish Market -- Purging the mob from John F. Kennedy Airport -- Ridding the Javits Convention Center of organized crime -- Defeating Cosa Nostra in the waste-hauling industry -- Cleansing the construction industry -- Conclusion to part II.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.
LCCN 99006341
ISBN0814742467 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV6452.N72 M345 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold