Corruption in the government and lenient sentences for corrupt New York politicians - #NewYorkValues?

There is a rage going on in the media and social media about Senator Ted Cruz's insult to "New York values".

I lived in New York for 17 years, and just left it.  I like the people.  I have friends there.  But - I do not like the culture of corruption in the government, and the culture of silent obedience to that corruption in the people.

I described in many blogs the corruption happening in New York courts.

Only in 2015, 4 New York senators were convicted of federal corruption crimes:

Thomas Libous;
John Sampson - attorney and former Chair of the Committee on Judiciary;
Dean Skelos - attorney and Majority Leader of the Senate;
Sheldon Silver - attorney and lifetime friend since childhood of New York Chief Judge (now retired) Lippman, Assembly Leader

Corrupt Governor Cuomo is out there in the media defending #NewYorkValues.

At the same time, Governor Cuomo is promoting a corrupt candidate to the position of Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals.

That is, for Cuomo, obviously also a part of #NewYorkValues.

Treating New Yorkers as obedient and voiceless cattle.

And look what happens to New York Senators even if they are caught, tried, and convicted of a felony corrupt scheme of getting lucrative "no-show" jobs for the Senator's son by touting the Senator's position?

Senator Thomas Libous, convicted of a felony in July of 2015, and, because of his connections, sentenced only to a house arrest, probation and a fine.  

Reportedly, "a senator for 27 years, Libous was removed from office after a jury found him guilty of lying to the FBI about a 2005 influence-peddling scheme that landed his son a $150,000-a-year job with Santangelo, Randazzo & Mangone, which was then a politically connected Westchester County law firm".

That's right, he was removed from office only AFTER the jury convicted him.

Don't tell me that he had cancer and was entitled to leniency.

I recently had a client who had a heart surgery and was - for decades - on weekly dialysis, and the Delaware County District Attorney Richard Northrup (elected Delaware County Judge this year) explained to me that there is great medical care in prisons, and pushed for prison time anyway.

And, I read a transcript of criminal proceedings before the now-retired Judge Carl Becker where Becker - in his usual manner - accused a man who had to undergo back surgery, of scheduling the surgery in order to avoid sentencing and angrily told his stunned relatives that he will get a lot of free medical care in prison.

That's the same Becker who sent to prison a legally blind man after claiming he is not as blind as he claims to be because Becker allegedly watched how the man navigated (by feeling out the surfaces) the courthouse - because he was, of course, not given a cane, for "security" reasons.

Convicted felon Thomas Libous was given leniency at sentencing not because of his diagnosis, but because of his identity, recent status as a Senator and political connections.

Government officials should show example of behavior to their constituents.

Those same #NewYorkValues.

#NewYorkValues shown to New Yorkers by its highest-ranking government officials are as follows:

1) we are Gods and will do all we want no matter what the laws (that we make) say;

2) you are cattle and must not raise your voice against it;

3) if you raise your voice, you will regret it;

4) even if we are caught, we will be sent, instead of prison, to spend time with our families and entertain guests at home.

#NewYorkValues?

Right.