New York’s inner city gang epidemic spread like a virus into the suburbs of New Jersey. ibid.
The numbers – 41-6-12 – are a secret code the Trinitarios use to hide their identity. ibid.
Today the Trinitarios show little sign in showing down. ibid.
The Crips – this notorious gang is known for its flashy lifestyle and violent ways ... Crips can be found across the country. But LA Crips think West is best. That doesn’t sit well with Crips in the East, who have built a stronghold in America’s largest city New York. Gangland: Clash of the Crips s7e7, CI 2014
The Crips have a lucrative piece of the cocaine and heroin trade. ibid.
The Italian Mafia: the originals, the inspiration for them all, with a reputation that is timeless. A family bound by trust and secrecy. Destroyed by one of its own members. Outlaw Empires: Italian Mafia
Just a few miles away in Long Island the Colombo crime family was the setting for the childhood of Michael Franzese. ibid.
Gambino was planning to take the crown from his boss Anastasia. ibid.
After Don Carlo’s death, the family fractured. ibid.
When you take the oath of Omerta part of that process is sharing blood. ibid.
It was money and violence that cemented the empire. ibid.
The Gambinos became the target of government prosecutors. ibid.
It begins with a rash of high stakes burglaries throughout New York. It ends more than two decades later in a massive police department scandal. A dagger to the heart of the city. Taking Down the Mob, National Geographic (US) 2011
This story proves the Mafia still has clout. ibid.
Wire-taps reveal members of several New York organised crime families took part in the Bulova heist. ibid.
The detectives have stumbled on to a notorious band of burglars. Nicknamed by police the Bypass Gang. ibid.
The Bypass Gang is robbing the city blind. The heists throughout the New York area continue unabated. ibid.
Dominick [Costa] is so good he can open the toughest safes on the planet. ibid.
Each time detectives put enough muscle on a mobster to get him to agree to cooperate, somehow words gets out. ibid.
Information on dozens of mob cases continued to leak out. But how? ibid.
They bring Dominick in for questioning … The detectives give Dominick a generous cooperation deal. ibid.
Without warning the gunmen fire point-bank striking Dominick five times. ibid.
Fourteen members of the Bypass Gang are taking into custody. ibid.
Casso goes into hiding … He is arrested on January 19th 1993. ibid.
Two high-ranking detectives in the New York police department … Hunting two of their own who possibly betrayed the entire force … Casso gives up the names of the crooked cops on his payroll: Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. ibid.
‘He was known as the John Gotti of Chinatown.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s1e5: Machine Gun Johnny, CI 2012
In New York City gangs of foreign nationals were pitted in a war of their own for control of their community. ibid.
China Town started a new chapter. One of the most visible and violent gangs in China Town were known as the Flying Dragons. ibid.
Johnny Eng – Machine Gun Johnny – suspected of multiple homicides while running a gang of heroin smugglers and drugs dealers. ibid.
Both Wah Tom Lee and Michael Yu agree to testify against their boss. ibid.
Johnny Eng was sentenced to 24 years behind bars. ibid.
‘He was looked upon almost cultishly.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s1e6: King Blood: Luis Felipe, expert
Two Latin Kings testified against their former leader. ibid.
Clarence Heatley – the Black Hand of Death. Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s2e1: The Black Hand of Death
In a 47-count indictment he was charged with masterminding a violent multi-million-dollar drug ring in Harlem and the Bronx. ibid.
The Preacher Crew coincided with the arrival of Crack Cocaine. ibid.
‘This guy [Bartolome] Moya created a new business model.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s2e2: The Shadow Kingpin Bartolome Moya
‘They were posing as police officers – snatching people off the street.’ ibid.
‘39 homicides in 4 states, 3 car bombings, a dozen kidnappings, numerous robberies.’ ibid.
Moya ran a ruthless crew of drug dealers and killers from the shadows. ibid.
‘He was the ultimate gangster.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s3e3: Sex Money Murder: Pistol Pete Rollock, rozzer
Even behind bars he still lorded over a ruthless gang with a memorable name: Sex Money Murder. ibid.
It’s made a long trip so it can get into my arm. Drugs Inc s3e4: Drugs Kings of New York, heroin addict Peter, National Geographic 2012
Heroin has been around New York since the early 1900s. ibid.
The evolution of premium drug delivery services. ibid.
Between 2004 and 2008 more than 1000 people on Long Island died after overdoses of either heroin or prescription opiates. ibid.
You’ll find a multi-layered drug industry that is continuously evolving to meet the city’s high demand. ibid.
The countdown to New Year’s Eve is on. On December 31st the city’s drugs gangs go into overdrive for the busiest party of the year. Drugs Inc s6e7: New Year’s Eve NYC, National Geographic 2014
With an estimated 150,000 users in the Big Apple, cocaine is big business. Drugs Inc s7e6: Big Apple Coke
The flow of heroin into Staten Island … Staten Island is home to one of the fastest growing heroin epidemics in the US. Drugs Inc s7e12: Heroin Island New York
30% of Staten Islanders work in blue-collar jobs. ibid.
The young get hooked by raiding their parent’s medicine cabinets. Every five days one person overdoses on Staten Island. ibid.
May 10th. Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and trash off the sidewalks. I’m workin’ long hours now, six in the afternoon to six in the morning. Sometimes even eight in the morning, six days a week. Sometimes seven days a week. It’s a long hustle but it keeps me real busy. I can take in three, three fifty a week. Sometimes even more when I do it off the meter. All the animals come out at night – whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take ’em to Harlem. I don’t care. Don’t make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won’t even take spooks. Don’t make no difference to me. Taxi Driver 1976 starring Robert De Niro & Jodie Foster & Harvey Keitel & Cybill Shepherd & Albert Brooks & Leonard Harris & Peter Boyle & Harry Northup & Martin Scorsese & Victor Argo et al, director Martin Scorsese
Each night when I return the cab to the garage, I have to clean the cum off the back seat. Some nights, I clean off the blood. ibid.
Twelve hours of work and I still can’t sleep. Damn. Days go on and on. They don’t end. ibid.
She appeared like an angel; out of this filthy mess she is alone. ibid.
This city here is like an open sewer you know. It’s full of filth and scum. ibid. him to Palantine
You’re in Hell. And you’re going die in Hell. ibid. him to her
You talkin’ to me? ibid.
From the chaos of the New York City streets rises a legion of visionary gangsters, determined to create their own version of the American dream. The Making of the Mob, Quest 2015
The American Mafia – making millions, killing thousands, and changing the face of crime for ever. ibid.
In the fall of 1931 Charles Lucky Luciano calls the most powerful gangsters in America to a hotel in Chicago for a meeting that will soon change everything. ibid.