Key Figure Pleads Guilty In CityTime Scandal
A key figure in the CityTime scandal has pleaded guilty to federal charges and is cooperating in the expanding probe of one of the biggest municipal scandals in recent years, our Greg B. Smith reports...
View ArticleOur Juan Gonzalez Wins 2010 Polk Award For Hard-Hitting Columns On CityTime...
Allow me to congratulate my talented colleague, columnist Juan Gonzalez: Here's our piece today on his receiving the prestigious George Polk Award for his writings on the CityTime payroll scandal:...
View ArticleCityTime: The Scandal That Keeps On Taking
A private consultant in charge of the city's much-maligned computerized timekeeping project was fired yesterday after he failed to record the hours he worked. Our Reuven Blau reports: Science...
View ArticleCityTime: U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says Consultant Grabbed $5M In Kickbacks
The project director of the city's disastrous effort to computerize its payroll pocketed $5 million in kickbacks, prosecutors charged today. Our Shifrel and Smith report: Gerard Denault, 49, project...
View ArticleCityTime: Worse Than We Thought
The bloated CityTime project to computerize the municipal payroll is one of the biggest frauds against the city ever, prosecutors said Monday in unveiling three new indictments. Our Greg B. Smith...
View ArticleBloomberg Takes No Lumps For CityTime Scandal
Mayor Bloomberg today insisted most of the problem with his scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project was cost over-runs – not corruption. Our Erin Einhorn reports: “The biggest expense was that they...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg's CityTime Mea Culpa
Mayor Bloomberg admitted today that he's also to blame for the scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project. Our Reuven Blau reports: "Certainly nobody paid as much attention to it as they should have --...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg: We Want That $600 Million We Lost In The CityTime Payroll...
Mayor Bloomberg is seeking a complete $600 million refund from the main contractor in the scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project. Our Reuven Blau reports: The system for approximately 163,000...
View Article$3.8M Palm Scan Payroll Clocking System Not Finished, Already Obsolete,...
The cash-strapped city blew more than $3.8 million on 1,600 palm scanners that may soon be rendered useless, the Daily News has learned. Our Reuven Blau reports: By the end of the year, city workers...
View ArticleDocument Drop: Making Up For Lost CityTime
Here's an email update Walt Havenstein, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., the firm behind the scandal-scarred CityTime payroll system, wrote to his employees on steps taken to clean up...
View ArticleCityTime Press Conference: LiveStream
In progress, the CityTime/SAIC press conference featuring Mayor Bloomberg, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn. Story here.<other/> Live video by Ustream
View ArticleCouncil Boosts Oversight After CityTime Snafu
The City Council passed a law Wednesday that requires more oversight of contracts over $10 million and could prevent a future CityTime boondoggle, Council Speaker Christine Quinn said. Our Tina Moore...
View ArticleCan That CityTime Cash Fill NYC's Budget Gap?
The city plans to use the nearly half-billion dollars it recovered in the CityTime scandal to fill an unexpected hole in its budget, the Bloomberg Administration said. Our Monahan, Blau and Moore...
View ArticleBloomberg Administration Knew CityTime Contractors Were Striking It Rich: Lawyer
Mayor Bloomberg knew CityTime contractors were getting rich on taxpayer money, and his administration signed off on it, defense lawyers told the jury Wednesday during opening statements for the...
View ArticleThree Guilty In NY CityTime Corruption Scandal
Time to pay the piper: Three computer consultants were found guilty on Friday of multiple charges for defrauding the city of millions of dollars in connection with the CityTime corruption scandal, a...
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