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Bloomberg: Corruption Not Widespread in DOB
by Arun Venugopal
NEW YORK, NY June 09, 2008 —Despite Friday's arraignment of a veteran crane inspector on bribery charges, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says corruption is not widespread in the city's Department of Buildings.
BLOOMBERG: I don't think it is very prevalent. I do think that any case of it however is very serious and we have no tolerance for it.
REPORTER: The mayor suggests low pay may have played a part in James Delayo's decision to accept bribes. The 60-year-old made $74,000 a year.
Delayo is the second crane inspector to be charged with a felony this year. Edward Marquette is charged with lying about inspecting a crane involved in an earlier collapse, in March.
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