Manhattan Italian emigration. Lucky Luciano established Cosa Nostra in Manhattan, forming alliances with other criminal enterprises, including the Jewish mob, led by Meyer Lansky, the leading Jewish gangster of that period. From 1920–1933, Prohibition helped create a thriving black market in liquor, upon which the Mafia was quick to capitalize. As in the whole of New York City, Manhattan experienced a sharp increase in crime during the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1990, crime in Manhattan has plummeted in all categories tracked by the CompStat profile. A borough that saw 503 murders in 1990 has seen a drop of nearly 88% to
Sam Lansky before joining the editorial staff of "TIME". At TIME he profiled Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Adele. In 2016 he released his first book "The Gilded Razor", a memoir of his troubled teenage years: Sam Lansky Sam Lansky is a journalist, author and editor at "TIME" magazine. He has written for "New York Magazine", "The Atlantic", "Esquire", "Out", and "Grantland". He came out at the age of 11. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. He began using drugs when he was in his early teens. He was forcibly entered into a