Heavy regulation isn't the issue, its heavy bureaucracy as a stick to beat people with. His ""violations"" were all mistakes on the cities part or auditors try

Heavy regulation isn't the issue, its heavy bureaucracy as a stick to beat people with. His ""violations"" were all mistakes on the cities part or auditors trying to pigeonhole things into regulations they don't apply to. He followed the regulations, and that wasn't even good enough. You say he "used the dense, relatively wealthy New York ecosystem," to launch a business, but from their prospective i bet they feel they started a company in their hometown and then their hometown spat in their face in an attempt to get more money.