injures 68. Dubbed the "Lindsay Snowstorm", outer borough residents (especially in Queens) accuse the city of favoring Manhattan for snow removal (streets in Queens were not cleared a week after the storm). Lindsay subsequently loses the Republican primary for re-election. June 28: A questionable police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar, is resisted by the patrons and leads to a riot. The event helps inspire the founding of the modern homosexual rights movement. November 10: Sesame Street children's television program begins broadcasting. The York Theatre Company founded. El Museo del Barrio founded. Dance Theatre of Harlem founded. Javits Federal Building and Gulf and Western building constructed. Interview magazine begins publication. October 16: New York Mets win their first World Series title, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in five games. 1970s 1970 March 6: Greenwich Village townhouse explosion. May 8: Hard Hat Riot. First New York City Marathon run - now largest in the world. LGBT Pride March begins. New York Knicks won their 1st NBA championship. Film Forum, Anthology Film Archives, and International Peace Academy established. Knapp Commission begins its investigation of police corruption. 1971 May 21: Two NYPD officers, Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini, were shot by members of the Black Liberation Army in Harlem. The gunmen, Herman Bell and Anthony Bottom, still in prison as of 2017, were rearrested in jail in connection with the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Bottom was released in 2020. Bella Abzug becomes U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district; Charles B. Rangel becomes U.S. representative for New York's 18th congressional district. The Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York is created to handle drugs related crimes. 1972 March 15: The Godfather movie about a fictional New York City Italian- American crime family, premieres at the Loew's Theatre. April 7: Mobster Joe Gallo was shot at Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy. The incident served as the inspiration for the Bob Dylan's epic "Joey" recorded in 1975. August 22: John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale held up a Brooklyn bank for 14 hours for cash to pay for Wojtowicz's wife's sex change operation. The scheme failed when the police arrived, leading to a tense 14-hour standoff. Natuarale was killed by the police at JFK Airport. The incident served as the basis for the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon. Queens Museum of Art