[thegagline]

The New York City Housing Authority has been corrupt for as long as I can remember. Back in the 70s (Abe Beame)and again in the 90s, (David Dinkins) The Nation of Islam (a black supremacist group) received large no bid contacts to provide security for the public housing projects. The security consisted of a couple of guys in black suits, dark sunglasses, and hats.

[T.B. Yoits]

Sounds like someone was cutting into a crimes already owned by a syndicate, so the syndicate had law enforcement remove the competition.

Bribes are for the big guys, not the locals.

[subterfuge]

Only 60?

[ComputerGuy]

Obviously, someone didn’t get their cut.

[monkeyshine]

The blues brothers?

[Wuli]

NYCHA has continually run deficits (rents versus expenses) in the millions. The reasons are in part because the rents are too low, in part because how NYCHA operartes the costs for repairs are often more than private property owners would be paying, and in part because of systemic corruption.

All NYCHA property should 100% be sold to multiple private multi-family housing investors.

What the city gets for the sale can go into an investment fund to help continue to subsidize some rents for current residents vetted as “low income”, but not to perpetuate the subsidy to new tenants who come in under the new private owners.

Over time all the NYCHA “projects” would be rented at market values with the private owners. The private owners should also be able to offer voluntary “buyouts” to any current tenants.

The city will benefit from the property taxes on the private housing that was formally government owned and operated. NYCHA has 177,569 apartments in 2,411 buildings. If privatized the property values and property taxes would be many millions.

[CFW]

Does anyone believe any NY judge will be anywhere near as hard on any of these thieving criminals as they have been on Trump. Trump created jobs and paid large amounts of tax dollars into NY’s coffers. These people stole from the tax-payers and caused harm to the very people they were tasked with assisting. I bet not a one sees any jail time nor any financial penalty.

[eyeamok]

Corruption and Bribery in New York? Come on Man, that’s standard procedure in that State.

[Gigantor]

Good! Now do the Board of Education and school Principals.

[GOPJ]

The New York City Housing Authority has been corrupt for as long as I can remember. Back in the 70s (Abe Beame)and again in the 90s, (David Dinkins) The Nation of Islam (a black supremacist group) received large no bid contacts to provide security for the public housing projects. The security consisted of a couple of guys in black suits, dark sunglasses, and hats.

I assumed they were all demcorats and members of democrat 'victim' groups. Someday we'll get the folks taking bribes from the Cartels...

[Jacquerie]

If I decided to risk Rikers Island, it would be for a lot more money than I’m worth.