Your right, They cost people in NY and across the country lots of money as they had control of all the major unions so they could have a major effect/impact on virtually all the industries whether big or small that all these unions represented,Garbage,construction,construction materials,trucking ,produce,grocery ,textiles,the waterfront etc etc ....basically everything under the sun which they held a monopoly on which is all passed on to us, The taxpayer !! Everything skyrockets!!!