During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
