Federal prosecutors have charged around 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) with bribery and extortion. This marks the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Department of Justice. The employees are accused of accepting cash payments from contractors in exchange for awarding NYCHA contracts. The scheme involved kickbacks from construction, maintenance, and no-bid contracts. The arrests were made in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and North Carolina. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, emphasized the need to end the culture of corruption at NYCHA. The charges are related to a classic pay-to-play scheme, with the employees allegedly demanding bribes to award contracts. The scandal has prompted calls for reform and privatization of NYCHA.
Feds Bust Massive NYC Public Housing Bribery Ring, Arrest Dozens of Allegedly Corrupt Officials https://t.co/E9Noyh0Z1P via @motherboard
More arrests expected as 70 NYCHA employees accused of taking bribes in federal corruption probe https://t.co/ovHbKZoOZH https://t.co/FkW2RakIB9
70 New York City Housing Authority staffers charged in decade-long bribery scheme by DOJ https://t.co/XeZBPR45kP https://t.co/XeZBPR45kP
A recent NYCHA bribery bust inspires a federal bill that mandates disclosure of all public housing contracts. "70 cases of bribery, affecting one-third of NYCHA properties, points to a systemic failure of management and oversight." https://t.co/Ok0CDjP0ge
An Upper West Side NYCHA complex and its superintendent were tied to a massive bribery bust. The alleged illegal activity took place between 2013 and 2023 and involved dozens of NYCHA employees receiving millions in kickbacks. https://t.co/MfCrlw3l9P
Seventy NYC Housing Authority workers are hauled away in cuffs after demanding more than $2MILLION in bribes from construction firms in massive 'pay to play' corruption scandal by taxpayer-funded officials tasked with improving social housing https://t.co/nVY6tsFlK3
Another government program running like a top - Scores of N.Y. Public Housing Workers Charged in Record Corruption Case https://t.co/Q8D9y5Nw3V
I'm disgusted by the widespread corruption alleged against NYCHA employees, including at multiple developments in NY10. All staff involved betrayed residents’ trust and must be held accountable. This case must be a catalyst for real reform at NYCHA, and I'll ensure that occurs. https://t.co/ixVBT9syqj
With dozens of NYCHA officials facing federal corruption charges, what will it mean for their tenants? @elijahwestbrook has the latest. https://t.co/CPz7ZDFX1a
70 NYC Housing Authority workers hauled away in cuffs for massive pay-to-play corruption scheme A federal raid has nabbed as many as 70 current and former New York Housing Authority workers and contractors who were caught up in a $2 million pay-to-play corruption scheme. Those… https://t.co/CprsDB252A
70 NYCHA employees accused of taking bribes in federal corruption probe, more arrests expected https://t.co/PsnDAZ4lHg https://t.co/OyFdxO5gn5
HIGH-RISE SHAKEDOWN • 70 NYCHA workers cuffed in bribery schemes https://t.co/cWALf2fWK2 • 10 worst offenders in NYCHA’s scandal https://t.co/2Ns9Lf2sh5 Mayor Adams asks for migrant money https://t.co/bfSDf7yjIN Alleged robbers let go https://t.co/0243rtoR1l https://t.co/LOJ4CYuAK6
Dozens of NYCHA workers have been arrested and accused of stealing millions from the city through an alleged pay-to-play scheme. @AliBaumanTV has more on this record bust. https://t.co/4DAT7Lnmvp
70 New York City housing employees charged in largest single-day bribery bust in DOJ history https://t.co/Q13bHLOX22 https://t.co/qUm7S1wiQ6
Feds make dozens of bribery arrests related to New York City public housing contracts. @jennbisramtv reports. https://t.co/4DAT7Lnmvp
NYCHA corruption means it’s time to privatize https://t.co/T3nIGS6sMw https://t.co/2r0povVAj6
I’m appalled by the arrests of 70 NYCHA employees in what is being described as the largest single-day bribery takedown in @TheJusticeDept's history. If we are going to turn NYCHA around, we need to change the Agency’s culture. NYCHA residents and taxpayers deserve better. https://t.co/dREsbNY6SL
NYCHA bust is biggest single-day bribery takedown in DOJ history, officials say https://t.co/tFyxSPFDxo https://t.co/58tFnyB4rs
Long-suffering NYCHA residents disgusted — but not surprised — by housing bribery busts: ‘I’m glad they got caught’ https://t.co/zTyKHi4VXP https://t.co/13299jDzvZ
More than five dozen employees with the New York City Housing Authority were charged with accepting cash payments in exchange for giving out contracts in the largest single-day bribery takedown in DOJ history. https://t.co/CYa9Uj6MjT
At least 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority employees are being charged in a vast kickback scheme that federal prosecutors are calling “the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the justice department.” https://t.co/3u2URz52Vp
70 New York public housing employees took bribes from contractors, US alleges https://t.co/0qW0822yua https://t.co/BLq732pDM5
70 NYC housing workers charged in largest bribery takedown in DOJ history https://t.co/NghTOcqcp7 https://t.co/D6ThPbCvVn
70 arrests highlight corruption in nation’s largest public housing authority, US attorney says https://t.co/CFSNLhF8tk
70 NYCHA workers busted in massive NYC corruption raid—DOJ's largest one-day federal bribery nab “Allegedly used their jobs at NYCHA to line their own pockets,” a U.S. attorney for SDNY said. No work done unless they got paid. Each could get 10-20 years: https://t.co/76whYLHQfz
70 current and former NYC Housing Authority officials have been arrested for bribery in the biggest single-day bust of its kind in the DOJ's history. https://t.co/hgLuzeCjDH
⚠️ 70 NEW YORK PUBLIC HOUSING EMPLOYEES TOOK BRIBES FROM CONTRACTORS, US ALLEGES (Reuters) Federal prosecutors charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in North America, on Tuesday with taking bribes in… https://t.co/W3B1ptFuvm
Seventy NYC Housing Authority workers are hauled away in cuffs over kickback schemes https://t.co/6cprjWAYlc https://t.co/Uxc18gOxk8
"Our office has consistently raised the failures of management at NYCHA as the worst landlord in the city, but the charges today are nonetheless a staggering statement on the widespread abuses of power and tenant trust..." On the NYCHA corruption arrests: https://t.co/T4ZRpEddnq https://t.co/8TRsvq6CQu
Back in 2019, I was the first elected official to sound the alarm about @NYCHA’s lack of oversight over micro contracts & small contracts. The high risk of corruption was glaringly obvious 5 years ago. I am pleased to see @SDNYnews prosecuting those who accepted bribes in…
Historic NYC Corruption Bust: 70 Public Housing Employees Accused Of Taking $2 Million In Bribes—What To Know https://t.co/mvPEMvFTEm https://t.co/Ri1IyMUMr1
Dozens of current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority have been arrested in an alleged corruption scheme that set a new single-day record for total bribery charges doled out by the Department of Justice. https://t.co/BZoEe97twN
PUBLIC HOUSING Since 2019, I have been sounding the alarm about NYCHA’s lack of oversight over microcontracts and small contracts. I am pleased to see SDNY prosecuting corrupt officials who accepted bribes in exchange for steering small contracts to corrupt vendors. https://t.co/Wc4p6srdRO
In the Largest Number of Federal Bribery Charges on a Single Day in DOJ History, 70 Current and Former Employees of the NYCHA Have Been Charged with Allegedly Accepting Cash Payments from Contractors in Exchange for Awarding NYCHA Contracts Damian Williams, the United States…
BREAKNG: 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority workers have been charged in corruption case
Around 70 people have been arrested in alleged corruption, extortion, and kickback schemes at NYC's public housing authority — one of the largest public corruption arrests in DoJ history. https://t.co/Rgbwdzxvgi
🇺🇸NYC GOV EMPLOYEES CAUGHT IN $2M BRIBERY SCANDAL Over 50 NYC Housing Authority workers have been arrested in a federal raid, charged in a vast bribery scandal. Officials are accused of extorting over $2 million from construction firms in a “pay to play” scheme, exploiting… https://t.co/oov1PMSaVS
BREAKNG: 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority workers charged in corruption scandal https://t.co/ejz62iKB8b
Glad to see the @TheJusticeDept step in to tackle rampant corruption within @NYCHA. These individuals stole from taxpayers & cheated residents out of millions of dollars & repairs. I suspect this is only the beginning of what they will uncover. https://t.co/cJeq8AHq4W
Glad to see the federal government step in to tackle rampant corruption within @NYCHA. These individuals stole from taxpayers and cheated residents out of millions of dollars and repairs. I suspect this is only the beginning of what @TheJusticeDept will uncover.…
Kudos to DOJ. But who is shocked by the revelation that the New York City Housing Authority has a corruption problem? https://t.co/ApOXoXVgU7
U.S. Attorney Williams on today's charges against 70 current and former NYCHA employees: “Instead of acting in the interests of NYCHA residents, the City of New York, or taxpayers, the 70 defendants charged today allegedly used their jobs at NYCHA to line their own pockets. (1/3)
“The culture of corruption at NYCHA needs to end today," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams says at press conference Tuesday announcing the federal bribery arrests of more than 60 NYCHA superintendents. https://t.co/cabO3TO5WL
Dozens of public housing employees in New York City were arrested Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation, prosecutors announced. https://t.co/d9XqF8UpJ5
Federal authorities announced the unsealing of bribery and extortion charges against 70 current and former NYCHA employees. 66 of the 70 defendants were arrested this morning in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and North Carolina. NYCHA is the largest public housing authority… https://t.co/HNfOlQPfFz
That’s quite a lot of corruption in the housing agency in NY https://t.co/4ziTlHDCNg
70 arrests by the feds for over $2 million in bribery in “classic pay-to-play” scheme of NYCHA superintendents demanding bribes to award no-bid contracts, says US Attorney for the Southern District Damian Williams. It “became business as usual” at almost 100 public housing bldgs. https://t.co/6DsBieTzvE
Roughly 1/3 of all NYCHA houses were involved in what federal prosecutors say was a “classic pay-to-play” with the arrest of 70 city housing employees https://t.co/v0TIK5KgBJ
70 current and former NYCHA employees charged with bribery and extortion offenses https://t.co/c1h0vSN7Be
#Breaking: Officials unveil bribery charges against dozens of current and former NYCHA employees. Watch live now. https://t.co/4DAT7Lnmvp
At least 70 current and former employees with NYCHA, the New York City Housing Authority, were arrested this morning on bribery and corruption charges, according to federal prosecutors. More: https://t.co/ZKWyj7xWPo https://t.co/OyXzC4F1D2
Breaking News: Federal prosecutors charged more than 60 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority with bribery and extortion. The number of bribery charges, prosecutors said, marks a single-day record for the Justice Department. https://t.co/HCzYkcYNvI https://t.co/s8H6ZSKqCr
#Breaking: Dozens of current and former NYCHA employees are facing bribery charges in alleged scheme over which contractors get hired. https://t.co/4DAT7Lnmvp
Authorities arrest dozens of NYCHA workers and contractors in massive corruption investigation, according to report About 70 people charged for receiving kickbacks at NYCHA facilities. The kickbacks stem from construction, maintenance and no-bid contracts https://t.co/492ImZbHhe
Federal prosecutors have charged 70 (!) @NYCHA supers with bribery. Indictments are getting unsealed today and @Gregbsmithnyc is on his way to the U.S. attorney's news conference for more details. Here's what we know so far. https://t.co/T8RKuG9WJI
More than 60 current and former NYCHA workers were arrested in a bribe-and-extortion scheme that authorities say involves the largest number of federal bribery charges in a single day in Department of Justice history. The suspects — accused of accepting cash payments from… https://t.co/k6tRW7a85P
New: At least 70 current and former employees with NYCHA, the New York City Housing Authority, were arrested this morning on bribery and corruption charges, according to federal prosecutors. https://t.co/3u2URz52Vp
BREAKING @HUDOIG and @SDNYnews announcing takedown of 70 former and current NYCHA superintendents in a bribery scheme dating back years. HUD describes largest single-day bribery takedown in DOJ history. Story to come.
Confirmed - Inner City Press 1st reported this hours ago, now @SDNYLIVE: "Feb 6, 11 announce the unsealing of Complaints charging 70 current and former NYCHA employees with bribery and extortion." Magistrates judges will have 7 to 10 defendants each- we had it 1st https://t.co/rAsH8d2ThG
Dozens of NYC housing employees hauled away in handcuffs after large-scale raid NYC is again a cesspool of corruption. I remember back, I think it was the late 1980s, when pretty much every building inspector in NYC was arrested for taking bribes. https://t.co/dEv70Sztl5
Being told this is large corruption bust of roughly 70 people for bribes. Per @ndhapple it involves NYCHA building managers. SDNY will brief at 11 am, per @benkochman https://t.co/v0TIK5KgBJ
As many as 50 NYCHA employees arrested in federal investigation in New York City https://t.co/9a8wajRlDZ https://t.co/AsmFZ41rqa
Dozens of New York City Housing Authority employees were hauled away in handcuffs as part of a large-scale raid this morning. More than 50 employees were expected to be arrested in connection to the probe, which involved the city Department of Investigation and Homeland Security… https://t.co/frasKp2gVu
#BREAKING: Dozens arrested in sweeping NYCHA corruption scandal, sources tell @Jonathan4NY https://t.co/5omkxEcZPf