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Authors: C. Alexander Hortis

Tags: #True Crime, #Organized Crime, #History, #United States, #State & Local, #Middle Atlantic (DC; DE; MD; NJ; NY; PA), #20th Century

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nightlife in,
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population,
27
demographic trends and immigration,
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Irish population,
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Jewish population,
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Sicilian immigrants in the workforce,
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Port of New York,
18

19
,
20

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,
23

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,
130
during Prohibition,
41

67
unemployment rate,
178
See also
specific areas and neighborhoods, i.e., Bronx, Harlem, Manhattan, Staten Island, etc.,
New York City Fire Commissioner,
34

35
New York City Police Department (NYPD),
41

44
,
48
,
53
,
61
,
86
,
87
,
135
,
144
,
167
,
172
,
207
,
215
,
229
,
235
,
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,
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44
,
245
,
246
and corruption,
21
,
35

36
,
146

47
,
172
,
208

209
New York Clearing House,
66
New York Daily News
(newspaper),
172
New York Evening Telegram
,
41
New York Municipal Archives,
245
New York State Appellate Division,
208
New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC),
160
,
165
,
240
New York State Commission of Investigations,
120
,
267
,
268
,
269
,
273
New York State Crime Commission,
127
,
267
,
268
New York State Department of Commerce,
17
New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Crime,
210
New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA),
51

52
,
156
,
167
,
168
,
169
New York State Organized Crime Task Force,
59
New York State Police,
216
,
249

51
,
256

57
,
263
,
270

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Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI),
254
,
268
New York Times
(newspaper),
88
,
146
,
219
,
247
,
269
Night of the Sicilian Vespers,
93
Nobile, George,
151
,
203
Noel, Terry,
170
Norris, James,
165
,
166
numbers lottery.
See
gambling
Nuova Villa Tammaro (restaurant),
86
,
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89
Nutt, Levi,
146
NYPD.
See
New York City Police Department (NYPD)
NYSAC.
See
New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC)
NYSLA.
See
New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA)
Octopus: How the Long Reach of the Sicilian Mafia Controls the Global Narcotics Trade
(Sterling),
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41
O'Dwyer, William, (“Bill”),
22
,
112
,
120
Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover
(Summers),
216
Ofrica, Sebastian,
203
Oliveto, Dominick,
258
,
280
omertà
, Mafia code of silence,
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98
,
274
181 Club (gay nightclub),
169
,
170
,
171
On the Waterfront
(film),
20
Onxy (night club),
157
Orchid Room (tavern),
189
Orlando, Lorenzo,
151
Ormento, John (“Big John”),
132
,
137

38
,
145
,
152
,
259
,
272
,
278
Orsi, Robert,
59
,
103
Orsini, Joseph,
141

42
Orzo, Theodore,
152
Osticco, James,
268
,
280
Pacella, Louis,
203
Pagano, Joseph,
203
Pagano, Pasquale,
204
Pagano, Pat,
170
Pagliarelli Family,
197
Palermo, Frank (“Blinky”),
158
,
160
,
162
,
163
,
164
,
165
,
166
Palermo, Sicily,
24
,
44
,
72
,
75
,
140
,
234
Palmer, A. Mitchell,
217
Palmotto, Nicholas,
184
Panebianco, Vincent,
152
Panica, Vic,
205
Panto, Peter,
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13
,
247
Paoli, Orlando,
152
Papa, Vincent (“Vinnie Papa”),
147
,
152
Pappadia, Andinno,
152
,
205
Paramount Vending (company),
228
Parisi, Joe,
120
,
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22
Parker, Charlie (“Bird”),
157
Park Sheraton Hotel,
240
,
245
,
246
Parkway Motel,
254
,
255
,
265
,
266
Parrino, Sam,
78
Parsons, Freddie,
139
Parssinen, Terry,
140
Pascale, Pete,
59
Pastor, Tony,
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69
Patriarca, Raymond (“Ray”),
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80
,
259
Patriarca Family,
159
,
238
,
259
Paul Kelly Association,
23
Peck, Charles,
276
Pecoraro, Michael,
201
Peloso, Anthony,
152
Pennochio, Thomas (“The Bull”),
132
,
152
People against Benedict Macri
,
118
Perillo, Armando,
152
Perrano, Joseph,
82
Perretti, Joseph,
152
Perretti, Peter,
152
Perri, Rocco,
143
Persico, Carmine,
204
Petillo, David,
167
,
204
Petrilli, Dominick (“The Gap”),
134
,
152
,
197
Petrone, John,
200
Pettigrew, Nat,
139

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