“Reward Serpico”: the mayor of New York now challenges the police

NEW YORK – When people say that no good deed goes unpunished, Frank Serpico immediately comes to mind in New York. In fact, even if the new mayor Eric Adams has promised to give him his medal, half a century after the crusade against corruption in the Police Department, the detective of Italian origin is still waiting to receive in a formal way the recognition he had earned by getting a bullet in the face, while colleagues at best watched.