Digital Social Hour
Corruption Uncovered: NYC's Hidden Crime Web | Tony Hernandez DSH #1155
Sat, 01 Feb 2025
Discover the untold stories behind NYC's hidden crime web in this captivating episode of the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🗽🔥 Special guest Tony Hernandez shares his firsthand experience growing up in Queens surrounded by mafia ties, illegal gambling, and organized crime. From street hustles to becoming an NYPD officer, Tony’s journey is packed with jaw-dropping revelations about corruption, crime, and how the city’s underground world operates. 🚨💰 We dive into the ongoing crime in NYC, the blurred lines between law enforcement and organized crime, and the shocking truths about modern-day corruption. Whether it’s mafia-run card games, the rise of South American gangs, or insights on NYC’s political scandals, this episode is a must-watch! 🎙️✨ Don't miss out on this eye-opening conversation loaded with valuable insights. Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more gripping stories on the Digital Social Hour! 🚀 Let’s keep the conversation going—drop your thoughts in the comments below! 💬👀 #news #cbs2newsat6 #pix11eveningnews #pix11 #mta CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Growing Up Around the Mafia 05:00 - Specialized Recruiting Group 07:19 - Playing Poker with the Mob 08:56 - Making Money Gambling 10:17 - Becoming a Police Officer 20:44 - Crime on the Subway 22:30 - Daniel Pantaleo and Eric Garner Case 23:38 - Importance of Police Training 26:54 - The Aragan Train Incident 28:38 - Corruption in Law Enforcement 29:55 - Congestion Pricing Explained 31:24 - Blame for the Crime Wave 32:30 - Eric Adams' Policies 34:40 - Government Corruption Issues 36:10 - The Legal System Overview 37:05 - Censorship in Society 42:55 - Best Pizza and Bagels in Vegas 45:50 - Follow Tony APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: jenna@digitalsocialhour.com GUEST: Tony Hernandez https://www.instagram.com/corruptionconnection https://www.youtube.com/@CorruptionConnection SPONSORS: Specialized Recruiting Group: https://www.srgpros.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What are the hidden crime dynamics in NYC?
There's always crime happening, okay? There is always crime happening. I don't care what reports you see. I don't care what news reports or articles that come out and stuff like that. There is crime happening in the city 24-7, 365. It's always going on. The people that say crime is down and this and that, yeah, it might be. Or it's just transition to another part of the city.
Crime is almost like a balloon. When you squeeze it on one end, it expands on the other.
Tony Hernandez here from Queens. My man's in Vegas now. Welcome to the show.
Hey, what's up, Sean? Thank you for having me, man.
Yeah, how long were you in Queens for?
My whole life, pretty much. Yeah, I was born and raised in New York City, Queens. Spent a lot of time in Brooklyn, Williamsburg section. Yeah. But for the most part, Queens.
And you had an interesting dynamic between the mafia and police officer life. That's all right.
Yeah, yeah. If you asked me growing up if I ever would have been a cop, the answer definitely would have been no. I've delved more towards, like, you know, the street side. You know, I was out. You know, I wasn't a stay-on-the-stoop kind of kid. I was always running to the corner. So, you know, I was enamored by the street lifestyle. You know, you see the hustlers, the drug dealers, the mob guys.
They have all the nice stuff. Right. The cars, the women, the clothes, the jewelry. It's very captivating when you're a kid. For sure.
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Chapter 2: How did Tony Hernandez's upbringing influence his career?
Unlimited money.
Well, you know, if you look at the government now, in my opinion, they stole a lot of the rackets from the mobsters, you know, through prohibition. If you want to go all the way back to the bootleggers, it was the mobsters who were the big still owners, and they owned the beer barons, they called them, and stuff like that.
The government, with the Volstead Act, they outlawed the alcohol, then they eventually made it legal, taxed it, took it over. I mean, you could put the same thing now to the modern-day prohibition, and my eyes is marijuana. You know, when I was growing up, marijuana was illegal. It was my drug of choice. I experimented with drugs, you know, as a kid growing up in the city.
Nothing ever like street drug, like heroin and stuff like that. It wasn't really my thing, but like party drugs, you know. And I liked marijuana, but in my time...
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Growing up, if you got caught with a joint in marijuana, you were going to jail, you know? And now... In Vegas, there's 81 dispensaries. You know, it's like, as long as it's taxed, there's nothing wrong with it. So that was kind of my philosophy growing up. And I guess I was a little bit ahead of my time. Like, I didn't do anything too crazy, but I was in the marijuana game. I liked to gamble.
You know, you could always find me at the card games, playing with the old timers, you know, depending if I was invited, you know, certain places. And I grew up in Flushing, a place called The Hill. It was a generational neighborhood, you know, kind of mixed with those early settlers of Irish, Italian, German. Um, it did have mafia undertones and stuff like that.
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