The Legacy of East Harlem's Purple Gang Is One of Fear and Violence

During the 1970s and 80s East Harlem's Purple Gang Was A Large Scale Drug Gang With A Deadly Reputation

East Harlem home of the Purple Gang. AI-Generated by Eddie Wise

Since the founding of the Commission by Luck Luciano in the early 1930s, a large percentage of organized crime and corruption in New York has been dominated by the Italian mafia or Cosa Nostra. Although the number of “Made Men” or individuals formally inducted into the mafia remained relativ…