 Vital data about Genovese influence at the Javits Convention Center was supplied in reports issued by Kenneth Conboy, a former U.S. District Court Judge, who in the early 1990s was a court-appointed investigator of the carpenters' union, and his law partner, Geoffrey S. Berman.The period of time when Walter Mack was the II, there was a good effort made to remove corruption from the District Council operations.Walter Mack was able to conduct several investigations which led to indictments, convictions, and procedural changes.