by Jimmy Breslin

Probably the one subject I know better than anyone on earth is the history of Irish-Italian warfare in New York. It began at the turn of the century, when the Irish construction workers tried to get two dollars a day.

As the Irish produce more traitors than any race on earth—Liam O'Flaherty, who wrote The Informer, always said, "It really wasn't a novel; to create Gypo Nolan all I had to do was look to my left and right and take my pick"—it was a contractor named Crimmins who brought over two boatloads of men from Sicily who were contracted to work at a dollar a day.

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