Quotes by David Hoffman

“I have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees; it means better city services; it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a strong ripple effect that deters others from going down the wrong path.”

“Its one of those experiences that cuts across generations, across socio-economic lines. An upper-middle-class kid going to college can sit down with a cop and talk about Cocoa Puffs. There isnt one of us who hasnt tasted Capn Crunch or Trix or Lucky Charms or Froot Loops.”

“We certainly believe we meet the test (for having authority to sell at market rates), and well see where it goes from here.”

“follow the evidence wherever it leads.”

“I dont know where it (evidence) will lead, but Im going to go there.”

“Weve gone from 50 to 60 bicycle commuters Downtown in 2002 to several hundred in 2005. Weve also gotten lots more requests for information on cycling in the city.”

“The mayor has asked only one thing of me -- to take all necessary steps to find wrong doing in city government and to expose it. If this requires big plans, I stand ready to put them in place.”

“I will investigate aggressively and creatively and will follow the evidence wherever it leads.”

“Instead of sitting in his office, he wanted to walk, so we would walk outside the court. There would be lots of tourists outside waiting to get into the court, anxious to see the action, and we would walk right by, with them not recognizing him, ... That was very much the way the chief was -- very unassuming, very straightforward about the way he went about his work. He was a very genuine, Midwestern man.”

“We shouldnt be getting in the way (of the federal probe), but we shouldnt be narrow-minded about what it means to have an overlapping investigation,”