In the episodes
13 mentions across all episodes - S1E2 3 · S1E4 2 · S1E7 8
- S1E2 · Michael Musto · 3 mentions in this episode
Mayor whose nightlife crackdown, according to the episode, fed on Angel's death; Musto rails at his later scandals
- S1E7 · Rudolf Piper · 8 mentions in this episode
Rudolf says New York changed when he became mayor and puts him in a long line of repressive mayors, in much stronger words; James jokes he could have fixed New York with drink tickets
- S1E4 · Peter Gatien · 2 mentions in this episode
Peter calls the mayor a megalomaniac who ran out of squeegee men and came after him: nuisance-abatement closings, undercover buys, a federal trial and, in the end, deportation, as Peter tells it
On the scene timeline
1998 · Brooklyn Federal Court
Gatien acquitted on drug charges, then pursued for taxes
A federal jury clears him of the drug charges; prosecutors move on to a tax evasion case. The Giuliani-era cabaret crackdown closes the empire room by room.
2020 · Toronto
Peter Gatien publishes Club King
The memoir, written from Toronto after deportation, reopens the argument over who really killed New York nightlife.