Forget about the pizza connection this was the pansy connection. Jukebox king Alfred Miniaci funded dozens of gay bars and other joints controlled by the Mafia in the 1950s and 1960s, including NY’s famous Peppermint Lounge. Stunning new claims highlight America ’s underworld controlled the dozens of gay bars in America.Īuthor Phillip Crawford Jr. has meticulously documented how the mob had a near-monopoly on gay bars for decades in New York and Chicago, and how those bars were integrated into the Mafia rackets.įor example, the establishments often were financed through mob-tied coin-op vendors and their related loan companies. Share the post 'Mafia Ran New York & Chicago Gay Bars'