The Department of Justice has charged 70 New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) current and former employees in what the department says is the largest number of federal bribery charges for one day in its history. The employees are accused of demanding and receiving money from contractors in exchange for obtaining contracts from the agency to receive the job and the payment from NYCHA. In some cases, money was required the issuing of contracts. In other instances, the money was to be paid after the job was completed but before...

While cities in the U.S. grapple with major housing affordability issues, officials at the country’s largest housing authority, the New York City Housing Authority(NYCHA), are gaining national attention for allegedly lining their own pockets. The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Feb. 6, that it made the largest bust on federal employees on a single day in the department’s history, alleging dozens of current and former employees accepted bribes. “The corruption we have alleged infected every corner of this city,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian...

While cities in the U.S. grapple with major housing affordability issues, officials at the country’s largest housing authority, the New York City Housing Authority(NYCHA), are gaining national attention for allegedly lining their own pockets. The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Feb. 6, that it made the largest bust on federal employees on a single day in the department’s history, alleging dozens of current and former employees accepted bribes. “The corruption we have alleged infected every corner of this city,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian...

70 NYCHA employees accused of taking bribes in federal corruption probe, more arrests expected Phil Taitt reports that the workers are accused of taking more than $2 million collectively. Phil Taitt reports that the workers are accused of taking more than $2 million collectively. Phil Taitt reports that the workers are accused of taking more than $2 million collectively. Phil Taitt reports that the workers are accused of taking more than $2 million collectively. NEW YORK (WABC) -- As many as 70 New York City Housing Authority employees were arrested...

Prosecutors said Tuesday that 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) face bribery and extortion charges in what officials say is the biggest number of such charges issued in a single day in the history of the U.S. Justice Department. The defendants are accused of demanding over $2 million in corrupt payments from contractors in exchange for awarding over $13 million worth of no-bid contracts, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sixty-six of the 70 defendants were arrested on Tuesday morning in New...

Nine New Jersey residents were among those charged in sweeping indictments announced Tuesday against nearly six dozen current and former New York City Housing Authority employees that officials say point to mass corruption at the public city agency. The 70 employees charged in the case allegedly accepted cash bribes in exchange for no-bid contracts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced Tuesday. The nine New Jersey residents were all charged with bribery and extortion. One 49-year-old resident of Irvington was also charged with conspiracy to solicit and...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three Staten Islanders were among the dozens of New York City Housing Authority employees arrested Tuesday as part of a wide-spread investigation by federal authorities alleging acts of bribery and extortion.

Law enforcement officials say building managers eyed in the investigation took more than $2 million in bribes for simple repairs at NYCHA-run housing complexes over the past decade.

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