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Acts and Omissions: From a Single Act Judge Us All
Acts and Omissions From a Single Act Judge Us All Author:Joseph Hoffman They were both from Parkchester in the BronxÂTom McCabe, the top scorer for Cardinal Hayes MemorialÂ's state basketball champions and Chris Russo, who fed him under the boards. They were inseparable through graduation. McCabe then opted for the Washington Heights campus of CCNY while Russo joined the marines and then the cops. As our s... more »tory begins, theyÂ're together again, Thomas Jarvis McCabe, is New York CityÂ's mayor, and James Christopher Russo, his police commissioner. Then a brutal, seemingly senseless murder of two prominent community activists goes down in the last six months of the mayorÂ's first term in officeÂheÂ'd be running for reelection in just three months. The investigation of the killings takes some strange turns and hits some unexpected detours, creating serious personal and political implications for McCabe and Russo. The Chief Medical Examiner will raise some forensic questions, the Bronx chapter of the Genovese mob will get some unwelcome scrutiny; and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York will eagerly jump into the investigation when some surprising, almost inconceivable conspiracies emerge.« less