My brother Pete must be spinning in his grave over this Eric Adams indictment. I remember as Pete’s health deteriorated from diabetes in his late 70s when he went grave shopping in “The Green-Wood.” ...

It was the political trial of the century. An extremely popular, powerful, and populist politician faced criminal charges for corruption. Lawyers did his bidding and judges served at his pleasure. The ...

On this day, Oct. 27, in 1871, William M. “Boss” Tweed, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, was arrested after the New York Times exposed his corruption. Boss Tweed, a commissioner of public works who ...

One hundred and fifty years before Rep. George Santos was charged with a host of financial crimes, a former New York congressman, William Magear “Boss” Tweed, sat in one of the city’s courtroom docks.

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