These are grim times for New York political bosses. Former Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption trial ends on Monday. Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’ corruption trial has just begun. Former ...

New York's Boss Tweed was big, bold and brash. His crimes were breathtaking. Harper magazine illustrator Thomas Nast drew an oversized Boss Tweed, with an enormous carrot on his shirtfront, handing ...

My brother Pete must be spinning in his grave over this Eric Adams indictment. I remember as Pete’s health deteriorated from diabetes in his late 70s when he went grave shopping in “The Green-Wood.” ...

Today’s lesson takes a look at one of New York’s most infamous characters who was also one of the most corrupt politicians in history, William “boss” Tweed. You’ve probably heard of the Tweed ...

This Queens park has gone from the mob to the mulch. Crocheron and John Golden Park was once a seedy hotspot for gangsters and escaped inmates who used to hang out at a long-closed bar at the site, ...

On this day in 1876, William “Boss” Tweed, the leader of New York City’s corrupt Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s, returned from Spain on the frigate USS Franklin ...

Thomas Nast cartoon in Harper’s Weekly portraying the circle of corruption at Boss Tweed’s Tammany Hall, circa 1870. (Wikimedia Commons) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and ...

Thomas Nast’s Harper’s Weekly cartoons helped land Tweed in jail. (Tweed once tried to pay Nast off.) When Tweed fled to Spain in 1875, he was caught—by officials who recognized him from a Nast ...

THE book I have enjoyed most this year is Boss Tweed by Kenneth D. Ackerman (Carroll & Graf Publishers), which profiles the rise and fall of the most corrupt politician in New York history. Despite ...

For the next few weeks, Classroom Extra takes a look at a few of New York’s most infamous characters – starting with one of the most corrupt politicians in history, William “Boss” Tweed. You’ve ...