The Long Island firm was cited by city investigators in 2011 for turning a blind eye to — and benefiting from — years of theft and fraud by a crooked schools contractor. (nypost.com)
Gregory Kuczinski, the NYC Correction Department's top internal affairs official, who was demoted last week amid accusations that he eavesdropped on telephone conversations between city investigators and their jailhouse informers on Rikers Island, was quietly fired this week. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Mr. Ponte acted in response to accusations that the official, Gregory Kuczinski, and his subordinates had spied on city investigators as they were conducting undercover anticorruption operations at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, the spokesman, Eric F. Phillips, said. (nytimes.com)