My brother Pete must be spinning in his grave over this Eric Adams indictment. I remember as Pete’s health deteriorated from diabetes in his late 70s when he went grave shopping in “The Green-Wood.” ...
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How one man stole up to $200 million from a major American city
William “Boss” Tweed rose from a working-class background to become the most powerful man in New York City during the ...
Who needs a bass guitar when you’ve got a Hammond B-3? That’s the credo of the promising organ-fueled rock band J. Isaiah Evans & the Boss Tweed. The Dallas trio releases its debut album, Americana ...
On this day, Oct. 27, in 1871, William M. “Boss” Tweed, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, was arrested after the New York Times exposed his corruption. DC Council calls on Bowser and MPD to sever ...
This Queens park has gone from the mob to the mulch. Crocheron and John Golden Park was once a seedy hotspot for gangsters and escaped inmates who used to hang out at a long-closed bar at the site, ...
By 1863, Tweed was the Tammany boss. As Tammany "sachem" and the city's Public Works commissioner, Tweed "had a finger in every pie," writes Ackerman, including the Brooklyn Bridge, which he claimed ...
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