In HBOs "The Deuce" the characters are able to establish a essentially legalized brothel near Times Square with help from the mafia and the corrupt NYC cops. Did this work in real 1980s New York? What was the real-life Deuce like? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In HBOs "The Deuce" the characters are able to establish a essentially legalized brothel near Times Square with help from the mafia and the corrupt NYC cops. Did this work in real 1980s New York? What was the real-life Deuce like?

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For clarification it should be pointed out that The Deuce is set in the early 1970s, not 1980s.