“The nexus between organized crime and the political world remains”
Agreed
“with the lion’s share of it in the Democratic Party as has been the case for a century or more.”
The mob’s been known to rear its ugly head in Republican Party circles in New York from time to time.
I'm aware of that, but, as I said, the lion's share of their involvement has been with the Democrats nationaly up until this very day. Think "Clinton Body Count," for example.
Frankly, I couldn't think of why the underworld should bother with the GOP in New York now, with the state party so impotent.