The latest shakedown makes Tammany Hall and the Daley Machine look like the League of Women Voters. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take on ...

Tammany Hall was well filled last night, in response to a regular call of the General Committee of the Democratic Party, "for the purpose of declaring the sentiments of the Democracy of the City ...

Throughout history, ambition and the desire for success have driven many individuals. However, for some, this drive morphed ...

The Secret Chains of New York This city is littered with lone outposts from global empires. They offer familiar corporate comforts, even for guests who aren’t in the know.

He sees a vast political machine — akin to Tammany Hall, the Democratic operation that ran New York City for generations — that is feeding off taxpayers, pushing an agenda the people do not ...

Tammany Hall, in offering two candidates for the position of sheriff lately held by Thomas A. Farley seems more anxious than usual to get control of an office and less confident of doing so.

If you’ve walked on Prince Street or strolled down Fifth Avenue recently, you may have come across a giant inflatable rat.

During the first years of the Gilded Age, Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall provided more services to the poor than any city government before it, although far more money went into Tweed's own pocket.