Tammany’s Timothy Sullivan, here with newspaper journalist, lent his name to New York’s gun law. Sullivan was a New York City boss who controlled the underworld of the Bowery and Lower East Side. (Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

Tammany’s Timothy Sullivan, here with newspaper journalist, lent his name to New York’s gun law. Sullivan was a New York City boss who controlled the underworld of the Bowery and Lower East Side. (Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo