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.
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“The corruption we have alleged infected every corner of this city,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said.
Williams spoke to reporters and said that the Justice Department charged 70 current and former NYCHA employees for allegedly demanding up to $2 million In bribes. Williams added that accepting bribes from contractors became “business as usual” within the NYCHA.
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