The former executive director of the Atlantic City Housing Authority said a board member prohibited him from cooperating with a State Police investigation into procurement practices there, in a lawsuit alleging his Sept. 7 firing was unlawful retaliation for being a whistleblower.
Does an angry verbal outburst constitute an official resignation from the Atlantic City Housing Authority, or is public housing tenant Charmaine Hall still a member of the authority s Board of Commissioners? That is the question City Council instructed its attorney, Robert Tarver, to research and answer after discussing the matter in executive session at its meeting Wednesday night.
The majority faction on the Atlantic City Housing Authority board is trying to force a tenant representative who has been critical of them out of her seat, saying she resigned when she angrily left a meeting Aug. 24.
Two residents of Atlantic City Housing Authority communities asked City Council to help the more than 1,300 tenants living in subsidized housing, some of whom have been dealing with frequent disruptions of heat and hot water, leaking gas lines and mold in living areas.