A second former superintendent at the city Housing Authority has been convicted of bribery and extortion charges for taking money in exchange for approving contracts, part of a massive, 70-person takedown by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Hector Colon, 46, who worked as a superintendent at several NYCHA developments in Manhattan from 2019 and 2021, was convicted Nov. 22 for demanding and accepting cash from contractors seeking no-bid contracts, the office of U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced. Prosecutors said that Colon usually required 10 percent of the contract value, which was typically worth between $500 and $1,000, or demanded $1,000 payments from contractors who needed him to sign off on invoices for completed work.
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