Gotham unbound : how New York City was liberated from the grip of organized crime

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/creator	Friel, Coleen.
Other author/creator	Radick, Robert.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©1999.
Description	x, 329 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.
LCCN	99006341
ISBN	0814742467 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HV6452.N72 M345 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold