"Massive Corruption Bust: 70 NYCHA Employees Nabbed in Bribery Raid"

70 New York City Housing Authority building supers, including 55 current employees and 15 retirees, were arrested for demanding bribes while awarding contracts for minor apartment repairs, marking the largest one-day federal bribery charges in Department of Justice history. The supers are accused of receiving kickbacks for awarding contracts at a third of all NYCHA complexes in the city, totaling about $2 million in bribes for approving $13 million in construction contracts. The arrests come after a yearlong investigation and have led to NYCHA agreeing to implement changes to the contract process to prevent future corruption.