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
Amy L. Lansky her perceived success at using homeopathy to "cure her son of Autism." In 2003, she published "Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy" (). This book is now used as a textbook in homeopathy schools and is cited in a number of other books on alternative health. Amy L. Lansky Amy Linda Lansky (born 1955) is an American author, computer scientist, and homeopath, noted for having written "Impossible Cure: the Promise of Homeopathy". Lansky grew up in Buffalo, New York. She received a B.A. from University of Rochester in 1977 and a M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1983) in Computer Science from