By Greg B. Smith
NYCHA’s second-in-command — who was heavily involved in the agency’s
effort to hide its lead paint inspection failures from tenants and the
public — announced his resignation on Monday.
Michael Kelly, the general manager of the Housing Authority, was
instrumental in NYCHA’s response after the agency realized that for
years it had violated local law and federal regulations requiring annual
lead paint inspections.
Despite that knowledge, top authority managers continued to falsely
claim NYCHA was in compliance and did not disclose this failure for more
than a year.
Kelly, whose salary is $216,429, is the third top NYCHA official to
step down in the wake of the lead paint scandal. Following the DOI
report detailing these failures in November, two others — Brian Clark
and Jay Krantz — resigned. A third, Louis Ponce, was demoted.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via Empire Report New York)
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