Michael Bloomberg said he did not have a specific timetable for when he'd like the Conflict of Interest Board to finish its investigation of his finance commissioner Martha Stark, who reportedly hired friends and associates to work for her.
Speaking to reporters in the Bronx, the mayor said, "We're asking the city's Conflict of Interest Board to look into these allegations. The Conflict of Interest Board, as you know, works with the city's Department of Investigation to conduct such reviews. And given that Martha Stark runs an incredibly vital city agency, we're asking the Board and Department of Investigation to do this work as quickly as possible, while still doing thorough and complete job. And I'm really not going to say any more than that because I just dont want to have any possibility of influencing their investigation."
This is the second day in a row Bloomberg has maintained a clinical neutrality when discussing the situation of Stark, who also was recently found to have had a lucrative side job that the administration was unaware of.
Bloomberg was in a sneaker store in the Bronx to announce the city's role in helping more than 5,000 residents find jobs in the first quarter of
this year.
