Albany is a problem, but so is the amount of graft we have. The MTA is fraudulently overstaffed (I saw 5 people supervising 1 power washer yesterday, and have you ever needed to speak with someone at the ticket counter). Basically the entire police force commits overtime fraud, and the publicly funded non-profits basically just pour money into the hands of administrators (the NYT profiled a guy who was making $1M/year on contracts valued at $30M). We need a though anti-corruption investigation into the city, but we'll never let that happen thanks to the way local politics work.