Mafia Commission Trial - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

The 1985–1986 Mafia Commission Trial was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, housed at this courthouse. The trial resulted in convictions of high-ranking members of New York's Five Families on charges including racketeering and extortion, with the prosecution led by U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. Some historians and later legal arguments have contested the characterization of certain defendants as the true heads of the families, particularly regarding Anthony Salerno's role.