Polish-American organized crime and Hymie Weiss (Wojciechowski) both having a Polish heritage. Fred Goetz was involved in carrying out the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. In New Jersey, the organization led by Mickey Cusick, was the prominent boss of bootlegging in Southern Jersey. The infamous gangster Meyer Lansky, one of the leaders of the National Crime Syndicate and associate of Lucky Luciano, was actually a Polish Jew. Joseph Filkowski led a mostly Polish bootlegging ring in Cleveland, Ohio, along with gangster Joseph Stazek. In Pittsburgh, Paul Jarwarski was also a prominent figure, carrying out the first armored car robbery. In Buffalo, New York John
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