Waste and Falsification in the Bureau of Sanitation
Summary
Between May and September 2008, the Inspector General’s Office conducted an investigation of the City’s garbage truck crews in ten wards to determine whether the crews were actually working while they were on the clock.
Executive Summary
The IGO decided to conduct such an extensive investigation because prior IGO investigations into similar allegations appeared to show that there was a widespread problem in the Bureau of Sanitation regarding the waste of taxpayer funds.
Starting in May 2008, a team of IGO investigators spent one week in each of the ten wards conducting surveillances from the beginning to the end of the crews’ shifts. The ten wards were spread out among all parts of the City and among the five Divisions in the Bureau of Sanitation.
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