Well, good for the fed. I take some of the things I've said about you before, lol. - Spy on America.
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The city Department of Investigation is also looking into allegations of a work slowdown in retaliation for budget cuts and demotions of supervisors within the Sanitation Department.Related News
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The investigation by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's public integrity unit was prompted by the claim by City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens) that guilt-racked workers told him a slowdown was ordered as vengeance for budget cuts and demotions.
If true, the feds could examine whether wire or mail fraud statutes were violated by workers pocketing overtime pay during an illegal job action, sources said.
The city Department of Investigation is also probing the allegations, and the Brooklyn and Queens district attorneys are reviewing the claims.
Joseph Mannion, head of the sanitation supervisors union, said he welcomed the city and federal probes as chances to clear his members' names.
"We have nothing to hide. We absolutely did nothing wrong, and I look forward to it," he said.
Halloran said he did not believe any slowdown was limited to "some supervisors in Queens and Brooklyn who have a grudge. ... It wasn't all the rank and file. And I don't believe it was a union-sanctioned operation."
In other developments:
- The medical examiner revealed a 66-year-old man found on a Manhattan subway platform during the blizzard died of hypothermia.
- The Sanitation Department confirmed that emergency snow removal in Brooklyn knocked over a cemetery fence and toppled two dozens headstones.
One sanitation worker blamed private contractors hired to help with the cleanup near Midwood's Washington Cemetery. Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) called it "terribly disturbing."
With Samuel Goldsmith and Joe Kemp
jmarzulli@nydailynews.com
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