In August, Joseph Burns ran an article in City Journal, accusing the Working Families Party of being “the New Boss of New York Politics,” a “modern equivalent of Boss Tweed.” I have read this article ...

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, ...

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.” ...

The crime, which had been attributed to a rogue politician called "Boss" Tweed, was likely orchestrated by an "eccentric and destructive" man with an obsession for white paint. When you purchase ...

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 ...

New York state governmental corruption metastasized after the Civil War. Mayor William "Boss" Tweed’s famous ring in New York City elevated kickbacks to a high art. His ability to deliver votes ...