Federal prosecutors in New York City have charged 53 people with running open-air drug markets at two housing projects near Yankee Stadium.
Authorities say the gang sold heroin and crack, and some of the heroin was sold under the brand name "American Gangster" _ an apparent reference to the 2007 film starring Denzel Washington as a Harlem drug lord.
Federal agents and police officers arrested 37 of the suspects during raids Wednesday morning.
The arrests followed a yearlong investigation of violent drug crews.
