Aren't you glad you got out of New York? Long Island is particularly loopy. I know, I got relative there. They are normal, but as for the rest of them, oy vey!
And have you seen the big $$$ scandals with some of the local school boards out there? Tremendous thievery and violation of the public trust. Methinks some folks will be doing time for that stuff.
Very glad. I also went to college on LI (SUNY-SB), & haven't been back since.