i can tell you based on the cases we have brought and continue to bring, it seems down right pervasive. but don't take my word for it. consider the words of daniel hallerin caught on tape in this case. after allegedly receiving a $7500 cash bribe, he says to the cooperating witness, quote, money is what greece ases the wheels. good, bad or indifferent. during the same meeting, he allegedly says, that's politics, that's politics. it's all about how much and that's our politicians in new york. they're all like that. all like that. and they get like that because of the drive that the money does for everything else. you can't do anything without the money. after the string of public corruption scandals we continue