NEW YORK - Montreal's mayor is telling New York City business leaders he is looking to their city for inspiration as he fights the corruption that brought down his two predecessors.
   In a speech to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Denis Coderre touted the recent creation of the Inspector General's office, with wide powers to investigate and suspend municipal contracts if anything suspicious is afoot.
   Coderre said the agency is inspired partly by New York City's Department of Investigations, created in 1873 in response to the scandal over municipal funds stolen by William Tweed and his associates, who controlled the city through the Tammany Hall political machine.
   An inquiry in Quebec has uncovered links between the construction industry, organized crime, and elected officials. Coderre was elected in November after his two predecessors were forced out within months of each other over the scandals.