History of Tammany Hall, Jewish Organized Crime and Various Mobsters

History of Tammany Hall, Jewish Organized Crime and Various Mobsters
N.Y.C. has one of the strongest traditional organized crime groups and in order to understand how organized crime developed in N.Y you must examine The Society of Saint Tammany, also known as Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall was a political organization that began in 1789 as a fraternal and patriotic society and eventually became a political organization in N.Y , which is also known as the Democratic Party of N.Y. In 1800, Tammany Hall leader, Aaron Burr became vice president and in 1836 Martin van Buren became president. These leaders, especially Aaron Burr, were essential in making Tammany Hall powerful.
Tammany Hall was able to gain the support of the people by establishing a system of collective property. Collective property allowed the title of a home to be held by a number of persons, which was important because at the time only landowners could vote. …