← Empires Of New York

Season 1

6 episodes · 2020

  1. 11980-83: Chaos Spells Opportunity

    29 Nov 2020

    At the dawn of the '80s, America finds itself in deep decline; New York seems to symbolize everything that's gone wrong; it's crime-ridden, strapped for cash, dark and dirty

  2. 21983-85: Nothing in Their Way

    29 Nov 2020

    It's 1983, and the Big Apple is back; Wall Street is booming; yuppies are crowding the clubs.

  3. 31985-86: Image is Everything

    06 Dec 2020

    By the mid '80s, five larger-than-life New Yorkers - Donald Trump, Ivan Boesky, Leona Helmsley, John Gotti, and Rudy Giuliani - are changing the way we think about power and success.