Dennis Levy (born December 26, 1948) is an African-American community organizer and public health activist living with HIV/AIDS.
 He is also a long-term nonprogressor diagnosed in 1992.
 Levy is the CEO and founder of Black and Latino AIDS Coalition, Inc (Blac) Blac NY is a community-based AIDS advocacy organization.
 It advocates on behalf of Black and Latino people with AIDS and their families and works for prevention of HIV and AIDS.
 In 1998, Levy helped pass HIV Reporting and Partner Notification.
 It was the most controversial HIV legislation in New York State history .
 The legislation changed the way New York State tracked new HIV and AIDS cases i.e. Partner Notification.
 Prior to the legislation, the federal government's Ryan White Program allocated money based on the proportion of patients with AIDS in each region.
 The highest number of AIDS cases was in New York City among white gay men.
 Consequently, the white gay population received the most money.
 The new legislation changed this allocation to give more funding to people who were newly diagnosed with HIV infection.
 A majority of people with HIV diagnoses were black and Latino heterosexuals.
 Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn sponsored a Bill that required people infected with HIV to notify their sexual partners.
 The 'Black and Latino AIDS Coalition' was the only AIDS organization in New York State to support Assemblywoman Mayersohn's bill.
 Levy engaged in heated debates raging in the HIV community concerning the need for establishing a system of tracking HIV infection.
Upstate New York, broadly defined as a region of the U.S. state of New York north of New York City and Westchester County, is home to several skyscrapers and high-rises.
 The tallest building in New York State is the 104-story One World Trade Center, which was completed in 2014 and rises to 1776 ft in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
 New York City, the largest city in the United States, is home to the vast majority of the skyscrapers in New York; outside the city, most of the state's skyscrapers are concentrated in Albany, Buffalo and Rochester.
 The tallest building in Upstate New York is the 44-story Erastus Corning Tower, which rises 589 ft in Albany, the state's capital city.
 Although the building is the tallest in the upstate region by a significant margin, it does not appear in the 100-tallest buildings in New York state when New York City skyscrapers are included in the ranking.
 The second-tallest building in the upstate region is the 529 ft One HSBC Center, which also stands as the tallest building in the city of Buffalo.
George Vincent McLaughlin (May 20, 1887 – December 7, 1967) was superintendent of the New York State Banking Department in 1920, He was the New York City Police Commissioner from 1926 to 1927 and president of the Brooklyn Trust Company in 1940; and vice chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.
 McLaughlin was of Irish American heritage.
New York State Route 27 (NY 27) is an east–west 120.58 mi long state highway extending from Interstate 278 (I-278) in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Montauk Point State Park on Long Island, New York, in the United States.
 Its two most prominent components are Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway, the latter of which includes the Montauk Point State Parkway.
 East of the interchange with the Heckscher State Parkway in Islip Terrace, NY 27 acts as the primary east–west highway on southern Long Island.
 The entire route in Suffolk, Nassau, and Queens counties was designated by the New York State Senate as the POW/MIA Memorial Highway.
 Every town on the South Shore is accessible through Sunrise Highway.
 The service roads that parallel the highway from Farmingdale to Brookhaven are officially designated, but not signed, as New York State Route 906C and New York State Route 906D.
Patrick "Paudeen" McLaughlin (1822 – March 20, 1858) was a New York criminal and a "slugger" for Tammany Hall during the middle of the 19th century.
 McLaughlin, whose nose had previously been chewed off during a brawl in the Five Points with the Alderman of the First Ward, was widely regarded in the underworld for his skill with a blugeon and slung-shot.
Jack O'Donnell (Born September 23, 1974) is currently the Vice President & Communications Director for the New York State lobbying firm, Bolton St. Johns and author of "Bitten by the Tiger", the true story about former New York State Governor William Sulzer the only Governor in the history of New York to ever be impeached.
 An expert in New York State politics and government, Jack has worked as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and served as Senior Policy Advisory specializing in economic development issues for the New York State Comptroller.Prior to accepting his position with Bolton St. Johns, O'Donnell opened his own Buffalo based lobbying firm, O'Donnell & Associates, LLC in 2001.
City & State is a political journalism organization based in New York City.
 The company publishes a weekly magazine covering politics and government in New York City and New York State that is distributed to New York State legislators, county executives, municipalities, the New York Congressional delegation, New York City Council members and others leaders in New York business and government.
 After years of publishing a twice-monthly print edition, "City & State" has announced plans to switch to a weekly in January 2016.
 "City & State" also publishes on their website and sends out a free First Read daily email.
 In May 2016 the company also launched a monthly magazine based in Philadelphia and a website.
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society.
 It was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
 It typically controlled Democratic Party nominations and political patronage in Manhattan from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 and used its patronage resources to build a loyal, well-rewarded core of district and precinct leaders; after 1850 the great majority were Irish Catholics.
The Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) was a statewide political advocacy organization in New York that advocated for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, including same-sex marriage.
 ESPA has since disbanded after an executive order was passed by Governor Andrew Cuomo which protects the rights of transgender citizens as long as future governors uphold the law.
 ESPA was founded in 1990 through the merger of the New York State Gay and Lesbian Lobby and the Friends and Advocates for Individual Rights.
 ESPA was considered the leading gay political organization in the State of New York before it disbanded.
 As of 2005, ESPA was the largest statewide lesbian and gay political advocacy and civil rights organization in the United States.
The New York State Judicial Institute is located about 25 mi north of New York City on the campus of the Pace University School of Law in White Plains, NY.
 Spearheaded by New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye and Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman, the institute was created through a unique partnership between the New York State Courts and Pace University School of Law.
 The New York State Judicial Institute serves as a statewide center for the education, training, and research facility for all judges, justices, legal staff and employees of the New York State Unified Court System; It is the nation's first training and research facility for judges built by and for a state court system.
 The Honorable Juanita Bing Newton serves as the dean of the institute.

Question: What political organization that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics was Patrick McLaughlin a part of?
Answer: Tammany Hall