Solutions "gangs of new ......" has 11 entries with similar clues
- mollGangster's girl
- hoodGangster
- metalcopper, perhaps, encountered gangster
- stateNew York or New Jersey
- yardieWest Indian gangster
- tabloidA newspaper with pages half the size of the normal newspaper
- hoodlumGangster
- goodfellaUS informal term for a Mafia gangster
- al-caponeInfamous US gangster
- bugsy-maloneNineteen seventy-six gangster film with child actors and splat guns
- silly-seasonTime when news is scarce or there is not much news