In his sixth audit of the Housing Authority since becoming City Comptroller in January 2014, Scott Stringer last week criticized the agency for delays in fixing chronic problems in residents’ apartments. The HA preemptively struck back, saying he was “recycling old news” that didn’t take into account a spate of reforms since the review ended in July 2014.
Announcing the July 13 audit, which found the agency under-reported data on its maintenance backlog, missed repair deadlines, and didn’t train employees to treat mold and mildew in tenants’ apartments, Mr. Stringer called the results a “case study in mismanagement.”
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