LI man guilty of taking bribes at housing agency

A Long Island man who once served as an official at the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development pleaded guilty yesterday to taking bribes from developers.

"I knew my actions were wrong and I deeply regret them," said a teary Michael Provenzano, former director of construction services at HPD, whose voice cracked as he admitted to Brooklyn U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon...

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