New York, NY —

NEW YORK (AP) - Two former New York City school system employees have pleaded guilty to charges that they accepted bribes from private bus companies.

Prosecutors say Neil Cremin and Ira Sokol were among a group of workers who took thousands of dollars a year from bus companies that held city contracts.

In exchange, the companies got tip-offs about safety inspections, and other favors that boosted the payments the firms received from the city.

The two men entered their guilty pleas on Friday before a federal magistrate in Manhattan.

Two other men are awaiting trial.

Prosecutors say that over the years, the four men collectively took in $1 million in bribes.