A superintendent at the city Housing Authority was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution following her conviction in a pay-to-play scheme that netted her more than $50,000 in exchange for work contracts worth more than a half-million dollars.
Joy Harris, 49, of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Feb. 26 for accepting $54,150 in bribes from vendors seeking no-bid contracts between 2015 and 2021. Prosecutors said Harris typically demanded 10 percent of the contract value — usually, $500 to $1,000 — from vendors seeking contracts for repair jobs.
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