70名NYCHA雇员在美国最大的贿赂案件中被定罪,涉及1,500美元被操纵的合同。 70 NYCHA employees convicted in largest U.S. bribery case, involving $15M in rigged contracts.

一项涉及纽约市住房管理局（NYCHA）员工的长达十年的贿赂骗局已以70人定罪告终，成为美国司法部历史上最大规模的单日贿赂打击事件。 A decade-long bribery scheme involving New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) employees has ended with 70 convictions, marking the largest single-day bribery takedown in U.S. Justice Department history. 2024年2月的逮捕针对的是纽约人权委员会的现任和前任工作人员,包括主管,他们收受了10%至20%的合同价值的贿赂——通常为500美元至2 000美元——以换取授予价值1 500万美元的不发价合同。 The February 2024 arrests targeted current and former NYCHA workers, including supervisors, who accepted bribes of 10% to 20% of contract values—typically $500 to $2,000—in exchange for awarding no-bid contracts worth $15 million. 该方案产生的非法收益超过210万美元。 The scheme generated over $2.1 million in illicit gains. 在被指控的人中,56人承认犯有重罪,11人承认轻罪,3人在审判中被定罪。 Of those charged, 56 pleaded guilty to felonies, 11 to misdemeanors, and three were convicted at trial. 该案突出显示,在监督该国最大的公共住房系统方面存在系统性弱点,该系统服务于17个纽约人中的1个,每年获得超过15亿美元的联邦资金。 The case highlights systemic vulnerabilities in oversight of the nation’s largest public housing system, which serves about one in 17 New Yorkers and receives over $1.5 billion in federal funding annually. 租户继续报告不安全的条件,包括霉菌、鼠类和供暖失败。 Tenants continue to report unsafe conditions, including mold, rodents, and heating failures.