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On taxpayers dollar nor on over time, that was your question, has done any work in my home or any other place. Why were workers at your home . I dont know what youre talking about. City records Reporter City workerings er ers appear to show tax dollars paid for this. He tells us his best recollection is he was off the clock that morning and did not bill taxpayers. He says its possible a supervisor billed time on his behalf or that maybe he did city work at another time that day. Records show hanlan clocked in at 5 55 that saturday morning. He clocked out at 2 00 in the afternoon. Video shows him lugging this beer cooler into the mayors the second man is public works supervisor. He worked six hours of over time that saturday. But regards detailing the exact times he worked have not yet been released. Numerous city workers say the hours they billed were only for city business. That jobs like moving the mayors daughter were only personal favors on personal time. Jeffrey williams is one of those men. Documents show he worked 25 hours straight before spending hours helping the mayor move boxes at a storage facility. A second property, a business linked to the mayors nephew, two city workers tell us the mayor directly asked them to do construction there on nights and weekends. The plan, to open a beer distribution business. One worker described a big job, saying he did a lot of work free of charge. They said they considered it social time with the mayor and a few times video shows city trucks coming in and out of the site. Ethics rules state no government officer or employee shall use his official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself or others. We asked former federal prosecutor robert ray for his opinion about the tapes involving the mayor. That highest ranking official in that city has the ability to call on favors and to get people to do things in government they wouldnt otherwise do. Thats a misuse of power. Its not only a question of use of Government Resources and taxpayer money, but its an abuse of power. The iteam got these tapes from private investigator harry. I was going to watch and reporter one tape shows the city mechanic washing the mayors scooter and doing work on a car. He says the city is never billed for this work. Ive been working on his bike even before it was the mayor. It was my personal time. Reporter another city worker seen at the mayors house is recorded five separate times in as many months. On two of those days, records show the city was billed extra hours. But the exact times he worked have not yet been released. He told us by phone work listed on his time sheets is only for city business. He said the mayor paid him out of his pocket for personal work. With this story about to break, the mayor told a local newspaper he paid city workers 50 to build shelves in his daughters room. At a recent Council Meeting an uproar about over time spending and the citys budget crisis. This is outrageous. Collect over time over and over and over . Reporter after the meeting, the mayor said little else to us about these videos except telling us to send in more open records requests. You can get whatever information you want. Good night. Reporter we are still waiting for other over time records requests to be processed to compare them hour by hour to many of the videos we have. Some city counsel members already calling for a criminal investigation. Tomorrow we will have reaction from some City Council Members and residents about these videos and what they show. What is the potential criminal liability here . Was there any theft of Government Services . City officials. The question now will local or federal prosecutors step in and say we need to take a look too. Moving on now to the weather and a surprising scenario for the first day of spring this coming weekend. There is a coastal winter storm thats heading our way. We could pick up a bunch of snow in our area, giving winter unfortunately the last laugh. Or we could dodge winter pretty much completely. Will it be sloppy . Will it be safe . What a roller coaster weve been on. We continue on the ride. Unfortunately it takes us to the first day of spring. Know and snow and rain, we are anticipating that on sunday during the afternoon and evening hours. The timing still a little bit of a question. The track is a big uncertainty. It looks like were in for a 12 to 18hour event. Theres still a disagreement that the models have put out. The data and narrow it down. At this point it will appear as if its going to be somewhere in between. Were going to watch it and watch those model runs. But moisture is going to form as it works up the coast. A low pressure system forms off the delmarva. As that comes up, its distance from the coast will determine what we get. We know this, we are in for a snowy, rainy sunday. Just how much remains the question. Voluntary testing began today in the Newark School district, checking students for the presence of lead. Pat battle was there to see how this testing went. She is live in newark with more for us. Were now learning the water is going to be tested in every school building. Reporter in every single school, chuck, all 60 plus schools here in the city of newark. Within the hour newark city officials have released a 26page play book, their plan to all of those schools to look for the presence of lead. They do have a priority list. It depends on the age of students in the school, the population of the school and it location. For thousands of parents here in this city, this cant start soon enough. Thats the most important thing. Reporter fouryearold left the Early Childhood school holding a lollipop and sporting a sticker that noted his trip to the nurse this morning. He was one of 70 kids that registered for on site lead testing. I think this is just a way to give the families one on one attention, information and also to give them options for their children. They can go to their pediatrician and call the city as well. Reporter many parents opted to do that after schools here in newark found to have elevated lead in the water. We shouldnt be left like this without knowing if theres lead in the water every day for the last two knows how long. Its not fair to us and its not fair to them. Reporter water fountains have been off limits. Affected schools have been using bottled water since the revelations came to light. District officials decided to start tests with preschoolers since theyre the most vulnerable to lead contamination. Were you a brave little boy . Yeah . Jeremys mom says she prepared him to have his blood drawn. Theyre scared. Its chaos. Next, next, next. Okay, mom, put your arm around him and take his arm out. The little kids were all crying. Reporter she scheduled a backup test with his pediatrician. Reporter the results expected back within a week or so. More testing continues tomorrow. Tonight new york laying out its plan to combat the zika virus. Governor cuomo says there have been about 49 cases of zika in new york state. The plan to capture and test the mosquito species known to carry zika. Since the virus can also be transmitted sexually condoms will also be in those prevention kits. We want to be prepared, we want to be ahead of it and we want to be taking aggressive action to make sure were doing everything we can to combat the possible spread of the zika virus. In fact, in Puerto Rico Health officials predict that one in five could become infected. With the large puerto rican course that increases the risk here as well. Millions line fifth avenue today to celebrate the 255th st. Patricks day parade. And this year a first for the festivities as all shades of green were welcome. And just weeks after a call for an investigation into its actions, mayor de blasio announces that he is shutting mayor de blasio shutting down the nonprofit that he started to advance his political agenda. He launched a campaign for one new york back in 2013. The group raised more than 4 million and used much of that money to promote universal prek and the mayors efforts to build the closure comes more than a month after the Watchdog Group common cause called for an investigation into that organizations spending. Police released these photos of the alleged scammers. Authorities say they swiped personal information from victims in several states including connecticut and new jersey and then opened several credit cards to buy 25,000 worth of items in stores. The crimes happened over a two month span. Take a good look at this guy. Police believe he stole 800 from a Kentucky Fried Chicken in the bronx last week. He entered the location. Surveillance video shows him leaving the scene. Coming up when we return, Senior Correspondent Gabe Pressman continues a 60 year tradition and covers the st. Hey, have you heard . September, all kids going into 7th and 12th grade have to get the meningococcal vaccine. It protects against diseases like meningitis. That can be serious, even deadly. Yeah, thats why they cant start School Without it. Something to share . giggling actually, yes talk to your health care provider. Even kids whove had one shot may still need a booster. Early detection is critical in fighting cancer a misdiagnosis or other errors can have serious consequences. For almost 40 years Jacoby Meyers has successfully represented thousands of clients. Winning them the money they need to take care of themselves and their families. You fight the cancer. Time for a check of whats coming coming up on nbc nightly news. The growing danger presented by prescription and over the counter drugs to children. Weve heard so much about these numbers spiking. Is it because there are just more drugs and pills that are out there . Yeah. Were taking more stuff. Care less mistakes, leaving a pill on a counter. A lot of people have trouble with those child proof packages. They go to an open pill box. The child thinks its candy. As he has for the last 60 years our Senior Correspondent Gabe Pressman was out and about talk to the revelers and the marchers. Gay and lesbian groups were allowed to march in the parade. Mayor de blasio marched today in unity with that group. And now with more on the sights and the sounds from todays praise here is Gabe Pressman. Reporter theres an old irish blessing that wishes you a rainbow and sunlight after showers. On fifth avenue today as the irish marched amid leprechauns and shamrocks, a retired Police Officer watched with children, nephews and niese ces. At st. Patricks cathedral Major Political figures greeted Cardinal Timothy dolan and spoke about what this tradition means to new yorkers. Mayor de blasio, Police Commission er Governor Cuomo and Cardinal Timothy dolan. Diversity is our strength. And its a message this nation has to remember. The green enius of america triumphs. Reporter following a long the march a police hero steve mcdonald, shot three times and paralyzed for life, but he forgave his attacker. My father is irish and he always wanted me to go to the st. Patricks day. And i turned 72 in january and this is my bucket list. Reporter for miles and miles of irish smiles, for gold and happy hours, fitting words for st. Patricks day 2016. Gabe pressman, news 4 new york. Love it. I guess the good news is it didnt rain on anybody this morning. But now were tracking this storm track. From pots of gold to shovels of snow, thats where were going. Nice to see you, everyone. Boy, have we got some changes in the forecast. 51 degrees currently. Weve got mostly cloudy skies. The time now is 6 21. Feels good out there and it felt terrific all day. The luck of the irish was with us. We got through the parade with their nary a shower and it was just beautiful. Were in for a big temperature slide in weekend. And then, yes, spring snow really. Thats what were going to have. How poetic is it that its on the first day of spring. Storm tracker shows what we talked about a moment ago, scattered showers pushing through nassau and suffolk county, sections of the jersey shore as well. Were seeing some stuff. Watch it on the l. I. E. Oyster bay seeing a little bit of stuff. Keep in mind, the scattered showers are going to be part of our narrative as we head through the evening and into the overnight. 62 in bridgewater and trenton and 60 in sussex. Watch the feels like temperatures. Tomorrow that cooldown begins. We wake up at 8 00 to 39 degrees. And we are going to see breezy conditions. Now advance it 24 hours ahead. Saturday morning, 28 degrees. Sunday it is going to be very chilly as well, setting us up for this combination of rain and snow. Where does it go, how much do we get . I dont want to give you snow totals right now because we are still analyzing one of two potential tracks. One, less precip, less snow. Wet and heavy. As track two brings it closer to the shore, thats where we see higher precipitation amounts and accumulations. Ill have more for you at 11 00. Tonight, 45 degrees, winds out of the west 10 to 15 miles per hour. The breezes kick up and into the weekend look at that. Thats no way to start spring, into the 40s with lows in the 30s. That could bring us into monday mornings early rush. It is a cruel bit of timing. It is. May i . Coming up in sports, the gales faced a taller more talented but the coach was looking for an upset. The mets name their starter for opening day. Its the same guy who pitched the last game last year. Its one of the most exciting days of the year, thursday at the ncaa tournament. The gales trailed by as much as 18 before rallying back in the second half. English scores inside to cut the lead to nine. The senior scored a team high 28. But the cyclones were just too much down the stretch. Off the turnover, Monte Morris Iona puts up a fight but falls 9 9481. I had a whole team really emotional. That shows how much they love and care about each other. That made it all worthwhile, knowing they formed those kind of bonds because of their heard work and they succeeded well above what i think a lot of us dreamed up. Thats what makes me so proud of them. In the big upset of the day, 12th seeded yale knocked off baylor 7975 for their first win ever in the ncaa tournament. Wilmington was all over duke in the first half. The seahawks lead by three at the break. But the blue devils repelled the challenge in the second half. Plumly was a dunk mag sheen. He had 23 points and eight boards. They face yale on saturday. Here Daniel Hamilton comes up with the steal and throws it down with one hand. The huskies are moving onto face number one kansas. 7467. At spring training jacob degrom fired three shutout innings. Now to the big news of the day. Matt harvey will be the teams opening day starter on sunday april 3rd in kansas city. Harvey said today its a huge honor. The can yee tanaka gave up two runs in the first inning. In the fifth castro uncorks a solo homer. The Yankees Second baseman is stoneybrook plays kentucky and seton hall meets gonzaga. Developing news tonight. Water wars. Fireworks and finger pointing over whos to blame for the toxic crisis that has poisoned an american city. Tonight, angry calls for an embattled governor as the epa head resigns. A storm of controversy forces the end of an era at sea world. What it means for the killer whales that made the themeark famous. Hitting the brakes. A major announcement about lifesaving technology. Your car taking control, stopping a crash before it happens. Sounding the alarm about a surge in kids rushed to the e. R. After swallowing adult medication. One every nine

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