Did William M. Tweed Corrupt Post-Civil War New York

I believe that Alexander B. Callow, Jr., is correct in saying that "Boss" Tweed and the ring corrupted the city and state governments. By controlling the key legislative and financial agencies that gave out charters and franchises, the Tweed Ring extracted what could be up to a couple million dollars. There were many men who made up the Ring and helped to take the money in different ways. One person especially stands out to me, Dick Connolly. He spent the money collected from taxes. Some of this money was spent legitimitly but a good share of it was embezzled or many other things. The Tweed Ring obviously was a corrupt political machine that exploited New York.