Gangsters of Harlem: The Gritty Underworld of New York City's Most Famous Neighborhood

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See also: Category:People from East Harlem Mario Biaggi Frank Costello James De La Vega Fiorello H. La Guardia Edward Mosberg Al Pacino These kids operate off of emotion, and if someone in their group gets shot... it's eye for an eye," New York gang expert Ron Barrett explained of the gangs of today. "They used to have to get permission to retaliate and answer to someone, [but] not today... It's the wild, wild west." East Harlem – MN 11" (PDF). Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. 2011 . Retrieved October 5, 2016. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images Former Bloods gang leader Shanduke McPhatter joins other anti-gun violence activists to celebrate the opening of a new community center in Brooklyn. But by the late 1950s, the federal government decided to prioritize anti-gang intervention in urban areas like New York. This effort was focused on cutting off the source of disaffected young men and women that fueled the growth of these gangs in the first place through increased funding for social programs designed to attract the impoverished youths into job training and employment opportunities.Renaissance School of the Arts". New York City Department of Education. 2018 . Retrieved March 26, 2019. Salas, Leonardo. "From San Juan to New York: The History of the Puerto Rican". America: History and Life. 31 (1990). The Second Great Migration: A Historical Overview". Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2009 . Retrieved June 17, 2013. Andreeva, Nellie (June 19, 2018). "John Ridley To Direct First Episode Of 'Godfather Of Harlem' Epix Crime Drama". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019 . Retrieved June 19, 2018.

Berger, Joseph (May 13, 2011). "East Harlem Rent Tripling, Barber May Have to Close Shop After 60 Years". The New York Times . Retrieved May 13, 2011. Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno started as a soldier in the 1930s under capo "Trigger Mike" Coppola. As the years went by, Salerno worked his way up the ranks of the crew and the crime family, controlling his own lucrative gambling and loansharking operations. In the early 1960s, his capo Coppola was imprisoned on tax evasion charges and demoted in rank. The crew then split, allowing Coppola's top lieutenants to break up his vast illegal interests that included his numbers empire. Salerno based the 116th Street Crew from the Palma Boys Social Club located at 416 East 115th Street in East Harlem. David Lane (2010). Into the Heart of the Mafia: A Journey Through the Italian South. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-1847651990.Petski, Denise (July 20, 2020). " 'Godfather Of Harlem'-Inspired Docuseries From Forest Whitaker Set At Epix". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020 . Retrieved July 21, 2020. Edward W. Hardy's composition Flying (Dancing in Spanish Harlem) for Latin ensemble, alternative version for string quartet (2019) [194] [195] Cary D. Wintz; Paul Finkelman (January 1, 2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Vol. 2: Index. Routledge. pp.939–. ISBN 978-1-57958-458-0 . Retrieved June 17, 2013.