In 1931, following decades of turf warfare, Brooklyn bootlegger Salvatore Maranzano established the leaders of New York ...

Who were Vito Genovese and Frank Costello? Here is the true story that inspired Robert De Niro's new movie The Alto Knights.

At The Times and elsewhere, he wrote about wrongful convictions, fake methadone clinics and the five powerful Mafia families in New York.

The Bonannos and Genoveses, two of New York City's five mafia families, generally kept to their separate spheres during the 1980s and into the early 2000s, said a long-time mob investigator.

The Bonannos and Genovese – two of the Five Families in the American mafia – generally kept to their separate spheres during the 1980s and into the early 2000s, said a long-time mob investigator.

Reformed mobster Anthony Ruggiano Jr. rates scenes from "Goodfellas," "The Godfather," and "The Sopranos." ...

The former mafia associate added the pair had been friends for years ... dominated criminal operations in the New York City area as one of the infamous “Five Families,” alongside and in competition ...