{"id":55462,"date":"2024-02-07T18:10:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55462"},"modified":"2024-02-07T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:11:59","slug":"more-than-70-new-york-city-housing-authority-workers-arrested-for-bribe-and-extortion-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55462","title":{"rendered":"More Than 70 Current and Former New York City Housing Authority Workers Arrested for Bribe and Extortion Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Over 70 current and ex-NYCHA workers cuffed in historic bribery and extortion bust\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMrn__0huZo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The charges may be linked to \u201cmicro-purchase\u201d projects, or contracts for smaller repairs and other construction at city housing developments, sources told The Post. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As long as city contracts are worth under an estimated $10,000, local development managers can award them without going through the public bidding process\u2014a system ripe for such potential corruption, sources said. \u201cNYCHA has ZERO tolerance for wrongful and illegal activity,\u201d said NYCHA Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt\u200b in a statement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NYCHA bust: Over 70 current, former employees charged in bribery probe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJemVFgWhOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" 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