At least 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority employees are being charged in participating in a vast kickback scheme that federal prosecutors are calling “the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the justice department.” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said superintendents, assistant superintendents and other NYCHA officials accepted more than $2 million in kickbacks from contractors in exchange for over $13 million in NYCHA business across at least 100 developments. Williams said at a press conference on Tuesday that the workers exploited a no-bid process for contracts worth less than $10,000. Click here to read more on gothamist.com.
