I like this.
I’m not sure how the existence of a NY hashgacha with the same initials has any bearing on how reliable the CRC of chicago is.
In any event, kashrus in NY is much worse than in chicago. In chicago, there is one hashgacha and almost all the establishments are under it. If you get dropped, you’re done.
In NY, if you get dropped, you pick up the next one. I would never eat anywhere in Brooklyn. (except the pizza shops, you can’t get good pizza anywhere else, and there aren’t as many issues with pizza.)(And subsational, that’s also worth an exception.)(And if you happen to want cholent on tuesday- what could be wrong with cholent?)
You don’t see kashrus scandals in Baltimore, you see them in the NY. (For me, monsey is NY)