City Hall is a 1996 American political thriller film directed by Harold Becker and starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda and Danny Aiello.

Meanwhile, NYPD Detective Eddie Santos and mob figure Tino Zapatti kill each other in a shootout on a Brooklyn street corner.

Detective's Endowment Association lawyer Marybeth Cogan does her best to protect Santos's family and becomes Calhoun's reluctant ally.

Calhoun discovers that Stern owes his judgeship to a bribe that Anselmo delivered on behalf of the Zapattis to keep Tito out of jail.

In January 1994, it was announced that Harold Becker had made a deal with Paramount Pictures to direct City Hall, a drama in the vein of Network written by Bo Goldman.

The critics' consensus reads: "City Hall explores political corruption with commendable intelligence, but this web of scandal struggles to coalesce into satisfying drama.

"[8] Janet Maslin of The New York Times had high praise for Danny Aiello's "beauty of a performance", calling it the "heart of the tale".

"[11] Variety called City Hall a "Greek tragedy" that "aims to tell the dark truth about a modern metropolis yet doesn't stint on fun".

"[14] Philadelphia Daily News was grateful that the film "gives us a political drama with engaging moral and ethical dimensions.