Maybe he's just drumming up business for his new venture...
It has been a grim few years for the banks that Benjamin M. Lawsky regulates. He threatened to pull their licenses, fined them hundreds of millions of dollars and forced dozens of their employees to resign.
Now, much to Wall Street’s delight, the New York State regulator will be leaving government to start his own legal and consulting firm.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/bu...ator.html?_r=0