Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
CityTime Investigation Honing In On City's Head Of Payroll
By
Christopher Robbins
Published Jul 6, 2011
Modified Jul 6, 2011
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Christopher Robbins
Published Jul 6, 2011
Modified Jul 6, 2011
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Now that Bloomberg has politely asked for the city's $600 million back from the contractor involved in the CityTime fiasco (they said: maybe) and the government has seized $28.5 million in stolen funds from the defendants, US attorneys and the city's Department of Investigation are honing in on some of the city employees that made the scandal possible and oh so lucrative. "They want city officials," a source who's been questioned by authorities tells the Post, "They're brutal, the pressure they're putting on."
The mayor's former head of the Office of Payroll Administration, Joel Bondy, who resigned in December after the scandal broke, is the investigation's biggest fish. Bondy was pals with Mark Mazer, who masterminded the CityTime embezzlement scheme and engaged in kickbacks when he and Bondy both worked at Spherion, the company charged with quality assurance in the CityTime scandal. Bondy was paid a $205K annual salary for his services, and has not be charged with anything yet. Mazer has been charged along with his wife, other colleagues and their relatives for siphoning the city's money into shell companies.
Cheer up: CityTime is only used by 35% of the city's employees (totally worth it!) and the Mayor himself has said that he made a mistake in not "paying attention" to what was happening. We can't blame him: when you're worth $18 billion, your eyes don't see anything without nine zeros behind it.
Tagged
citytime
crime
embezzlement
joel bondy
mayor bloomberg
Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Deer are all over New Jersey roads looking for sex, state officials warn
Mid-October through mid-December is deer mating season, which can be a danger to drivers as the sex-seeking creatures cross roadways throughout the Garden State.
By
Rosemary Misdary
Published Oct 16, 2026 at 4:22 p.m. ET
Man messaged 'I got straight poison' before giving NYC college students fentanyl, feds say
A transcript from an April court hearing sheds new light on what transpired at Fashion Institute of Technology.
By
Samantha Max
News
Man messaged 'I got straight poison' before giving NYC college students fentanyl, feds say
A transcript from an April court hearing sheds new light on what transpired at Fashion Institute of Technology.
By
Samantha Max
Inside the plan to fix the nearly collapsed Pfizer Building, 1/64th of an inch at a time
By
David Brand
School bus carrying autistic students got lost in Brooklyn for 4 hours last year
By
Jessica Gould
NYC’s bridges can last 'forever,' if we take care of them
By
Clayton Guse
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .