New York public housing bribery case ends with a milestone 70 convictions
Seventy NYCHA employees were convicted of bribery, fraud, and extortion, accepting over $2.1 million in kickbacks linked to $15 million in no-bid contracts, authorities said.
- On Tuesday, Seventy New York City Housing Authority employees were convicted, capping a decade-long scheme where public housing staff steered work to contractors.
- Staff extracted cash kickbacks, demanding $500 to $2,000, typically about 10% to 20% of contract value, sometimes before work was signed off, investigators found.
- City records show workers pocketed over $2.1 million from bribes linked to $15 million in no-bid contracts, and authorities ordered more than $2.1 million restitution plus $2 million forfeiture.
- Prosecutors said 56 felony pleas, 11 misdemeanor pleas and three trial convictions arose from charges including bribery, fraud and extortion, with U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton condemning defendants for 'attempting to criminally leverage the contracting process.'
- The scheme affected nearly a third of NYCHA's 335 developments across five boroughs, raising concerns as tenants report rodents, mold and outages while NYCHA receives over $1.5 billion in federal funding annually.
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New York public housing bribery case ends with a milestone 70 convictions
Prosecutors have secured the 70th and final conviction of a massive corruption probe into New York City's public housing. The decade-long bribery scheme involved public housing employees who steered work to contractors in exchange for bribes. The arrests in February…
New York public housing bribery case ends with a milestone 70 convictions
NEW YORK (AP) — The 70th and final conviction in a sweeping New York City corruption probe was secured on Tuesday, concluding a decade-long bribery scheme in which public housing employees steered work to contractors in exchange for bribes. The arrests in February 2024 were the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the U.S. Justice Department, prosecutors said, and targted current and former employees of the New York City Housing…
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