By J. David Goodman
The
chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority knew in the middle of
2016 that the agency’s inspectors had not been checking apartments for
lead paint, in violation of federal rules and local law. But in the
fall, city investigators found, she signed off on paperwork certifying
that the inspections had been completed.
The finding came Tuesday in a short but damning report
from the city’s Investigation Department that described how the agency,
which runs the city’s 180,000 units of public housing, had for years
failed to inspect for lead paint, but told the federal authorities that
it was doing so.
And
even after the chairwoman, Shola Olatoye, learned of the lack of
compliance, the agency filed paperwork stating that it abided by the
requirements, which are tied to federal funding.
“Although
Chair Olatoye, the general manager and other senior executives were
aware that Nycha was out of compliance,” the report said, “NYCHA
nonetheless submitted a false certification in October 2016, and had no
reasonable explanation why this was acceptable.”
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Source: The New York Times (via The Empire Report)
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