Although a fictional film, New Jack City details a chapter in the development of New York in which the city struggled to regain control of its declining economy and the increase in extreme poverty and criminal behavior caused by crack-cocaine. The bad economy encouraged a desperate scramble for money, and the rush for money, by any means, became the channel through which individuals sought to realize the American dream. Furthermore, they planned to achieve this dream in any way possible, even if it meant taking advantage of the same [Crack] that caused their demise in the first place..