Ronald Goldstock is an American attorney known for his work in organized crime law enforcement.
[3] Goldstock began his career at the New York County District Attorney's office under Frank Hogan.
[5][6] Goldstock was appointed Director of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) in 1981, and served in that role until 1994.
[7] Goldstock’s work as director included producing a study on Cosa Nostra’s involvement in the New York City construction industry and overseeing the OCTF’s involvement in the Mafia Commission Trial, in which the task force gathered evidence from a recording device planted inside the Jaguar of Salvatore Avellino.
[8][9] Goldstock has asserted that he proposed using RICO to prosecute the commission, which then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani publicly took credit for as his own idea.