Folks there is so much corruption I can't keep up with the news reports to post but I want to revisit these. When ever I hear Simcha Felder and Peter Vallone Jr. speak I think of the large slush pay offs, oops, I mean slush money they received from king mayor Mike Bloomberg.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10192008/news/regionalnews/3rd_term_is_lush_hour_134241.htm?page=0
Look at this one to see Peter Vallone's face and the fact he and Felder received millions in slush money from Bloomberg in slush--- inspiration for voting for a third term and more slush money -- they were give money that is called discretionary meaning they can spend any way they want.
COUNCIL IN $LUSH MESS - New York Post
See above link to be reminded Christine Quinn (in like Flynn--for old movie fans Errol Flynn) felt compelled to spell large amounts of tax payer money for top law firms and for her a top defense lawyer that specializes in white collar crime -- at the time this article was written the bill was heading toward one quarter of a million so how much are the tax payers being billed to date?