"DOJ Makes Historic Bust: 70 NYCHA Employees Charged in Bribery Case"

Seventy current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority have been charged with accepting bribes from contractors in exchange for "no-bid" contracts, marking the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Justice Department. The defendants allegedly demanded over $2 million in bribe money and awarded over $13 million worth of contracts. The arrests come after years of corruption allegations and scrutiny of the agency, which provides housing to over 300,000 New Yorkers and receives more than $1.5 billion in federal funding annually.