Dozens of public housing employees in New York City are facing charges of
bribery and extortion after the Justice Department made the single largest number of such arrests last week.
According to The New York Times, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged 70 current
and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) with accepting
cash bribes from contractors in exchange for Housing Authority contracts.
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