Bulldog Bootleggers Of NYC

 In 1927, Battery Park was a hub for rum runners and organized crime to distribute whiskey and spirits throughout NYC. It’s a little known fact that bulldogs were used to help make these deliveries to speakeasies all over the city. They are the unsung heroes of the Prohibition Era. 

  Pioneered by Bill McCoy, an infamous bootlegger, who ran his yacht from Florida up to the Battery, he used his gang of bulldogs to deliver the goods. McCoy is actually the inspiration for the phrase “the real McCoy” meaning it’s not “bathtub booze”, it’s the real deal; the good stuff…