Good news. They suck so much out of so many things in NYC.. And I don't buy equivalence with bad politicians of any stripe, as the latter don't totally exclusively subsist on shaking down everything they can get their hands on. There's not a smidgen of ideology involved, nor any goals, except benefitting from crime. They actually have a habit on preying on naive pols who are trying to do good; substanital amount of tax dollars end up in their pockets.

A bit more ot the specifics at A.P. via NYT:

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The purported street boss of the Luchese crime family and 18 other people were indicted in a New York organized crime investigation that includes allegations of fraud in a $25 million hospital expansion and in other public building projects, authorities said Wednesday.

Murder, extortion and drug dealing are among the other crimes cited in the indictment unsealed in White Plains federal court.

"As today's charges demonstrate, La Cosa Nostra remains alive and active in New York City, but so does our commitment to eradicate the mob's parasitic presence," said Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim. He said the Luchese crime family's entire administration had been charged and that the defendants used violence and threats "to make illegal money, to enforce discipline in the ranks and to silence witnesses." [.....]

Among charges brought against some of the defendants were wire and mail fraud. The indictment said the defendants committed the fraud in connection with various public building projects, including a $25 million expansion of a major New York City hospital. But the hospital and related details were not divulged [....]