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A former superintendent of Marble Hill Houses is one of 70 current and former NYCHA employees who were arrested by federal law enforcement last Tuesday for allegedly accepting more than $2 million in bribes for contracts for the city housing agency.
Seventy former and current New York City Housing Authority employees were charged in a $2 million "classic pay-for-play" bribery and extortion case.
Among the 70 New York City housing Authority current and former employees were arrested in a federal raid were people who had power over multiple social housing projects.
Concerns ranged from the functionality of security cameras at developments to broken locks and entryway doors, as well as how elevator breakdowns impact tenants with mobility issues.
New York City lawmakers are calling for stronger oversight of how NYCHA handles tenants' repair requests, citing complaints from residents about work orders languishing or getting closed without an actual fix.