More than a century after Boss Tweed perfected the art of siphoning public money through friendly contractors and fraudulent ...

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.” ...

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 ...

William “Boss” Tweed rose from a working-class background to become the most powerful man in New York City during the mid-1800s. Through bribery, intimidation, election fraud, and control of courts ...

This Queens park has gone from the mob to the mulch. Crocheron and John Golden Park was once a seedy hotspot for gangsters and escaped inmates who used to hang out at a long-closed bar at the site, ...

In 19th century New York, William “Boss” Tweed built a political empire so powerful it controlled judges, police, elections, and millions in taxpayer money. Through a network known as the Tweed Ring, ...

By 1863, Tweed was the Tammany boss. As Tammany "sachem" and the city's Public Works commissioner, Tweed "had a finger in every pie," writes Ackerman, including the Brooklyn Bridge, which he claimed ...

Question: I would like to inquire about an old cast-iron, figural mechanical bank given to a family member during the late 1800s. Called “the Boss Tweed bank” by our family, it is a 5½-inch-high ...