A former superintendent at the city Housing Authority has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution following his guilty plea to accepting hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for approving contracts worth nearly $2 million.
Juan Mercado, 50, who worked as a superintendent at three NYCHA developments in Queens, was sentenced Monday for demanding and receiving $329,300 in bribes from contractors seeking no-bid contracts.
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