Anyone familiar with the history of organized crime in NYC knows about the Mafia. It would appear that the current godfather mayor of the Big Apple will return to those glory days with a new “my way or the grave” approach to getting his way. Here’s a little background: Mafia families used a variety of activities to accomplish their objectives. One of the most common is also one of the simplest — extortion. Through the use of extortion, mafia dons would force people to give up their money in exchange for “protection” from imagined threats – usually of their making. These ”protection rackets” are extortion…
