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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the political histories of Los Angeles and New York City. Corruption in politics and police departments is highlighted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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immigrants from Europe, but the other city that sits some three thousand miles away from New York, had instead embraced Japanese immigrants. Los Angeles, on the farther coast from where
the nation was founded has a shorter history, but in embarking on the history of these two major metropolitan areas, there are similarities too. Both cities endured some corruption in
their police departments and in politics. While Tammany Hall was a corrupt institution in New York City and effectively ran New York through its influence, Los Angeles was not immune
to corruption. One is not surprised when hearing that both New York and Los Angeles were entrenched in corruption, particularly as it respects police. Many have seen the beating given
to Rodney King by the LAPD and all one has to do is utter the name "Abner Luima" to remind people that the NYPD is not clean either. Gleick &
Epperson (1995) suggest that the reason why police departments are corrupt is that they are not well run. Perhaps that is true in part, but in both LA and NYC,
there had been political ties to the police, something that exacerbates corruption. In looking at the political histories of the two cities, the similarities will be striking, but the differences
are also worth noting. II. The Political Development of New York Between 1900 and 1950 The city, state and nation at the turn of the century
all enjoyed prosperity and many Americans lived in small towns or on farms (Ellis, 1997). New York City itself had about 2,000 farms (1997). Still, the city was in the
middle of a building boom and land and buildings on Manhattan had increased in value (1997). Wages were low and employees worked ten hour days with only one
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