Fair question, Chopper.
The city's two tabloids, Daily News and Post, were all over the Westies. The "Newspaper of Record," the Times, almost ignored them. We have a saying re. journalism in the US: "If it bleeds, it leads." The tabs covered the murders and testimonies in sensational detail. But, if memory serves, none of the papers at the time caught the real story: The alliance that Paul Castellano, then Don of the Gambinos, made with the Westies. The Westies had killed one of the Gambino's top loansharks over a $50k debt. Instead of whacking them, Castellano had a sit-down with them and franchised out some Mob-type business in their Hell's Kitchen turf. This story wasn't really fleshed out until the Castellano bio, "Boss of Bosses" was published. But a good movie was made that broadly covered this alliance: "State of Grace," with a superb cast: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Jon Turturro and Gary (over the top) Oldman.