Organizers of the annual Little Italy event the Feast of San Gennaro plan to ask City
Hall to rescind a nearly two - decade -
old gambling ban instituted by then - Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the height of his crusade against organized crime.
The
old gold - mining town, once bustling with saloons, brothels,
gambling halls, and even opium dens, is now a ghost town, probably the most famous one in America.