Fourteen stories from New York's criminal past cover the field, from draft riots during the Civil War to prohibition, modern-day gang violence, and murder.<br><span>New York is not only a world capital of finance, fashion, and 
media, but also of every imaginable variety of criminal activity from 
the most brutal to the most creative. From rampaging draft rioters to 
Prohibition-era beer barons, from brilliant art thieves to Wall Street 
insiders, from the Boss Tweed to Dapper Don, New York's criminals 
personify the dark side of the most vibrant and diverse city on earth. 
Crimes of New York takes us from the tortured, violent life of David 
Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam, who terrorized the city in the process of 
killing six young women to the story of the Manhattan yuppie millionaire
 whose marriage dissolved in drug abuse and ended in murder; from the 
life of a woman struggling to stay straight in the South Bronx to the 
violent childhood of teen killer Cape Man Salvatore Agron. Their crimes 
reflect our common failings—greed, anger, lust for power—intensified by 
the brutality and sophistication of the unique pressure cooker that is 
New York.</span>

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