On specific matters, she criticized him for failing to sign legislation that would create an independent civilian board to review allegations of police abuse.

Officials spent nearly two months counting the votes, even inviting an international team of experts to review allegations of fraud.

The commission is likely to suggest that a new, independent tribunal be set up to review such allegations.

This will save the city from having to review once again the police procedures and allegations of brutality that became a focus of the earlier trials.

"He will work independently, reviewing complaints and allegations," the union's president, Lou Matarazzo, said in a statement.

Among its recommendations it includes a call for the federal government to create an independent body to review allegations of wrongful conviction.

The Secretary also asked the working group to review allegations of sexual assault reported from January 1993 through December 2002.

"We are reviewing the complaints and allegations presented to us," he said.

The commission reviewed allegations of sexual misconduct with minors going back to 1963.

The district attorney's office has spent several months reviewing allegations that judgeships could be bought in Brooklyn from political leaders.