Gangs of New York

Al Capone one of prohibitions most notorious gangsters was an incredible opportunist since his start in organized crime. Al Capone started in the Five Points Gang and eventually found himself working in Chicago under John Torrio, the one who established the building blocks for organized crime in Chicago. Torrio eventually retires after a near death experience, resulting in Al Capone taking his place. With the…

In the novel Geographies of Home, written by Loida Maritza Pérez, there are copious references to New York City and its importance to the plot of the story. Published in 1999, the novel follows a Dominican family in its migration to NYC and the challenges they face. As readers, we see problems involving Lliana, Marina, Rebecca, Papito, and Aurelia. Between rape, violence, and abuse, Pèrez does a great job incorporating Brooklyn into the plot of the story. A lot of the wild stories written about…

The economic growth in home appliances like washing machines and vacuums directly affected women, who could become more independent and break gender barriers. Additionally, prohibition influenced gangs and smuggling, while the new innovations of the decade, mixed with black migration to the North, created culture-rich areas of music and racial pride. These social consequences began with the house innovations allowing women to have more independence, and the youth female group called the flappers…

current system of mass incarceration is a social problem on the same level as crime itself. Mark Kleiman offers a really effective program of community supervision that could reduce incarceration directly by reducing both revocations and sentences for new crimes. Professor Kleiman offers an example of this model working in the real world - project HOPE which was launched, in Honolulu, Hawaii and produced truly dramatic…

B-boying is considered currently to be one of the mainstream dances of the Hip Hop genre. This intensely physical dance has a very interesting history and is a product of a subculture that was born on the streets of New York City during the early 1970s. Understanding the foundations and environment that created this dance is vital as well as its evolution into a modern dance form. B-boying and eventually B-girling can be divided into three main categories: old school, the freak and its…

Jonathan Mahler, writer of the book, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning,” discusses the political, economical, and social fall of New York in 1977. The term originated in 1972 after a documentary series episode of the same title was aired. The term became more socially recognized during the 1977 World Series game where the New York Yankees faced the Los Angles Dodgers. Helicopter camera views show video clips of actual fires during the arson breakout caused by the economic fall of the…

This paper is about the five crime families of New York City which are Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and the Lucchese families. These families were from the Italian American Mafia also known as La Cosa Nostra and the first to be involved in organized crime. Salvatore Maranzano was the person that began the families in 1931. “The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime. The Genovese family took advantage of lax due diligence by…

The idea of the American dream originated from the hope and promise America offers. A man named James Truslow Adams coined the term in 1931 and defined it as "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"( ). The premise of the American dream is know matter where you started from every individual can achieve prosperity through hard work and determination. The American dream is kept alive because everyone can relate to it…

Very few organizations had the influence and had the control over America’s underworld like the Chicago Outfit. The Outfit was a group of gangsters that were ruthless and they were willing to take any means necessary to get what they wanted. They took over a city and took advantage of a federal law that greatly benefited organized crime. The most famous of all mafia kingpins, Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone, controlled the Outfit and had a major hand in making it one of the most powerful…

she has changed my perspective of pursuing my college career path in New York City as I always dream of. Also, another scenario a while back when I was four years old, I remember I went to visit her in New York for Christmas, which is where she lives and the rest of my family and a huge accident happened that impacted my life still till today.…