Gwendolyn Bell, who helped run the Fiorentino Plaza, the Breukelen houses and the Marlboro projects admitted taking about $32,000 in kickbacks between 2019 and 2023 for awarding no-bid contracts to a repair company in the housing units, federal prosecutors said.
Investigators say they uncovered systemic corruption plaguing New York City's public housing, with about a third of its buildings run by people who are now under indictment.
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Among the 70 New York City housing Authority current and former employees were arrested in a federal raid were people who had power over multiple social housing projects.