I don't have a source for this, but I grew up in NJ and now live in Montreal, and I am pretty sure the local corruption here is worse than where I grew up (where three of the four mayors of my hometown served time in jail after their time in office). Things got a lot better there and I think a lot of the organized crime might have moved up north.
The construction industry is very clearly siphoning billions of dollars of tax money into organized criminals' hands. Every few years a given street gets torn up with a new excuse. And it seems to be consensus that it's much worse these days than it used to be.. this year in particular I think something like one out of every five blocks downtown is closed off for "construction".
Cops saying "just don't look into it" regarding organized crime sounds about par for the course anywhere I've ever been though.
The construction industry is very clearly siphoning billions of dollars of tax money into organized criminals' hands. Every few years a given street gets torn up with a new excuse. And it seems to be consensus that it's much worse these days than it used to be.. this year in particular I think something like one out of every five blocks downtown is closed off for "construction".
Cops saying "just don't look into it" regarding organized crime sounds about par for the course anywhere I've ever been though.