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Don't have much to add to the thread. Thought I'd share this video I found from reporter Michael Daly, who was a crime reporter for NY Daily News for years. He talks about the Irish gangsters who ran Hell's Kitchen.
It reminded me of something MadamX posted, about Steve Paul losing The Scene club at 301 W 46th St b/c he refused to pay protection money to the "NY Mafia"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_(performance_venue)
Michael Daly describes the relationship between the gangsters & the local precinct, Midtown North (which investigated MJD). Including a time when a guy wanted to open a French bistro on 42nd St, 2 Irish mobsters told him he had to pay protection money. When the guy called police about it, the detective asked what the mobsters' names were. When the guy said "Coonan & Featherstone," the detective told the guy to pay the protection money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQJCPW7SMGg
No date is given for this story but it had to be before 1986, when Mickey Featherstone was convicted of murder & eventually went into the witness protection program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Featherstone
New York, New York, a helluva town
It reminded me of something MadamX posted, about Steve Paul losing The Scene club at 301 W 46th St b/c he refused to pay protection money to the "NY Mafia"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_(performance_venue)
Michael Daly describes the relationship between the gangsters & the local precinct, Midtown North (which investigated MJD). Including a time when a guy wanted to open a French bistro on 42nd St, 2 Irish mobsters told him he had to pay protection money. When the guy called police about it, the detective asked what the mobsters' names were. When the guy said "Coonan & Featherstone," the detective told the guy to pay the protection money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQJCPW7SMGg
No date is given for this story but it had to be before 1986, when Mickey Featherstone was convicted of murder & eventually went into the witness protection program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Featherstone
New York, New York, a helluva town