The East Harlem Purple Gang was an Italian-American organized crime group based in New York City, active from the early 1970s to the 1980s. It specialized in heroin trafficking, murder, and contract killing, dominating drug distribution in East Harlem and the Bronx. Though semi-independent, it had close ties with the Genovese crime family and was considered an unofficial sixth family. The gang had about 30 members and 80 associates at its peak.
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