New Yorkers have given us people like Charles Schumer, Hitlery Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Geraldine Ferraro. The list is endless.
They've lied (laid? layed?) down with dogs for years and now they piss and moan when they wake up with fleas?
Screw 'em.
Probably you meant they "have lain down with dogs", but your first try looks like a well-aimed pun to me.