The quote undermines the credibility of how Halloran, a Republican from northeast Queens, came across insider information about sanitation workers who, out of anger with City Hall, intentionally botched the December 2010 snow removal.

Halloran has said it was workers who came to him with questions about why standard protocol wasn't followed when the snow began to fall. The DOI investigators spoke to some of the people Halloran said were his sources. Those workers, though, did not tell investigators what Halloran had described.

Through a spokesman, Halloran declined to be interviewed about the matter, but did release a statement. In it, Halloran said, investigators were "unable to track employees and get the quality of testimony it would like to have.  Disturbing questions remain about why plows went down streets with their blades up or sat unmoving for hours as the snow fell."

When asked if the Councilman made the "disgruntled" remark attributed to him in the DOI report,  a spokesman for Halloran said "of course not."

DOI obtained and viewed 24 hours of footage from City
surveillance cameras in various parts of the City, which collectively
showed approximately 265 City trucks in the streets on December 26th to
27th, most of which were visibly plowing the snow. There appears to be
an explanation from the video as to why some trucks had plows lifted,
while others with raised plows are not readily explainable from the
video footage. The tapes were turned over to DSNY for further analysis.

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Other DSNY trucks that appeared to the public to be doing
nothing were stuck with DSNY employees instructed to stay with trucks -
creating a negative impression with the public. While stuck with their
trucks, DSNY employees were observed napping, or buying coffee or food,
again leaving an impression with members of the public that employees
were not doing their job.