The Ghost Shadows of Chinatown

Written by C.J. Sullivan on October 12, 1999. Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Lately the Ghost Shadows have kept a low profile. Back in the mid 90s, the authorities used RICO to rip the gang apart. But that doesn’t mean they’re not around. It could be they’re just working a different side of the street. When Manhattan’s Chinatown gets too hot you can go out to Flushing, Queens,
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Radioman, Professional Kook

Written by C.J. Sullivan on September 28, 1999. Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Craig " Radioman" Schwartz is one of the city’s most eminent professional kooks. Radioman’s a celebrity hawker: He bikes around New York looking for who is who, and what is what, in the film and tv worlds; he follows celebrities; shows up on the scene at whatever hotel happens to be housing a movie star.
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A Saturday in Harlem with Minister Khalid

Written by C.J. Sullivan on September 14, 1999. Posted in Breaking News, Posts

But if you turned off 125th St. and down Malcolm X Blvd., you’d find that Harlem had suddenly grown quiet. The streets were empty; the sidewalks were lined with steel barricades. Every corner bore a squad of cops from different commands. The officers were relaxed but wary. Everything stayed weirdly calm until 118th St. On
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