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  2. Crime in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Crime in New York City was high in the 1980s during the Mayor Edward I. Koch years, as the crack epidemic hit New York City, and peaked in 1990, the first year of Mayor David Dinkins's administration (1990–1993), but then began to decline; the number of murders fell from the 1990 peak to a level close to Koch's worst year of 1989 by Dinkins's ...

  3. Five Families - Wikipedia

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    The crime families historically operated throughout the New York metropolitan area, but mainly within New York City. In the state of New York , the gangs have increased their criminal rackets on Long Island , including both Nassau and Suffolk counties, and the counties of Westchester , Rockland , and Albany .

  4. Salvatore Avellino - Wikipedia

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    Salvatore Avellino Jr. (born November 19, 1935), also known as Sally, is an American mobster and former caporegime in the Lucchese crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in the garbage and waste management industry on Long Island, New York. [1] Avellino also served as right-hand man and chauffeur to boss Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo.

  5. List of law enforcement agencies on Long Island - Wikipedia

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    The List of Long Island law enforcement agencies provides an inclusive list of law enforcement agencies serving New York's Long Island.This includes those agencies serving the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on the western portion of Long Island along with those serving the suburban counties of Nassau County and Suffolk County.

  6. Long Island City - Wikipedia

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    Area codes. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Long Island City ( LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from ...

  7. Gilgo Beach serial killings - Wikipedia

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    Gilgo Beach serial killings. The Gilgo Beach serial killings were a series of killings between 1996 and 2011 in which the remains of 11 people were found in Gilgo Beach, located on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, United States. Most of the known victims were sex workers who advertised on Craigslist.

  8. List of shootings in New York - Wikipedia

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    1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting: ... Staten Island, New York City: March 13, 2019: 1: Mob boss killed ... Statistics; Cookie statement;

  9. The Amityville Horror - Wikipedia

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    On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family at 112 Ocean Avenue, a large Dutch Colonial house situated in a suburban neighborhood in Amityville, on the south shore of Long Island, New York. He was convicted of second-degree murder in November 1975 and sentenced to six terms of 25 years to life in prison ...