• RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Nah bro, him and Ed Koch were very deep into the mafia’s patronage system, which is important because it’s also how he so effectively sued the mafia out of control.

      Terrible, lackluster mayor, but he slam dunked the mafiosos pretty good. Too handily, in my opinion, like he knew of key people at different points in the system he used to personally navigate.

      Did bugging and tracking techniques just get that much better? Possibly. But what if a guy who used the system decided to get a halo for destruction of that system?