CTLawyer,
The NY State legislature is corrupt. In addition to Silver, his State Senate counterpart is currently on trial for influence peddling and trading favors in order to get his son a job. The deputy majority leader has been convicted and resigned. Two other legislators have also been convicted ( only Silver is Jewish so they’re not picking on Jews).
A lawyer in my shul was disbarred for using escrow funds; the frum attorney representing my aunt’s ex husband pulled every unethical trick in the book. Those are just two examples