Her interests and enthusiasms ranged from construction projects to lawmaking and the collection of art objects; she touched on everything, not always happily but always passionately.
The "gray income" comes from many sources, including gifts to officials at weddings, profits from land transfers, kickbacks from construction projects and payoffs from state monopolies like the tobacco industry, the study said.
Robert M. Morgenthau, Manhattan district attorney, said the racketeering siphoned millions of dollars from construction projects throughout the city and diverted it to the Lucchese family and its partners, corrupt union officials and contractors.
Mr. Tangorra is facing separate state charges in Manhattan, where he was accused in September of bribery, bid-rigging and other racketeering schemes that investigators said siphoned millions of dollars from construction projects in the last two years.
City authorities rely heavily on the income they make from construction projects, and since all land in China is owned by the state, they are allowed to demolish people's homes, so long as some compensation is provided.
The Raytheon Company plans to take a $177 million second-quarter charge to cover added costs stemming from construction projects involving Washington Group International Inc. and Pohang Iron & Steel of South Korea.
