Bloomberg says NYC deputy mayor who quit after domestic violence arrest would have been fired

NEW YORK — A deputy mayor arrested on a domestic violence charge in July would have been fired if he hadn't offered to resign days later, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday, but he said he didn't divulge the reason for the official's departure to spare his family.

"It became obvious that he couldn't work for the city and I immediately made sure that he no longer did," Bloomberg said in his first comments about Stephen Goldsmith. It was revealed Thursday that Goldsmith had left his position a few days after he was arrested July 30 in Washington, D.C.

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Juliet Eilperin 05 Sep, 2011


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