The new panel cited a report by city investigators that there had been irregularities in the release process.

But city investigators say neither of those conditions is the cause of the current problem.

Several Manhattan real estate brokers said yesterday that they had talked to city investigators.

The investigation was unusual because the city investigators and Federal prosecutors worked together from the outset.

Since August, city investigators had come and gone, but the fence had stayed.

The Times has learned in recent days that city investigators interviewed at least three witnesses and examined documents.

In September 2005, the network put $875,000 into an escrow account at the request of city investigators.

The spill was detected by city investigators in 1996.

County and city investigators, along with members of the state police missing person's unit, are trying to determine the identity of the baby's parents.

Ms. Holtzman has not had access to the report, city investigators said.