70 New York public housing employees charged with taking bribes

NEW YORK: This week, federal prosecutors charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority with taking bribes in exchange for awarding no-bid contracts.

The authority is the largest public housing agency in North America.

The case was "the largest single-day bribery takedown" in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice, said Damian Williams, U.S. attorney in Manhattan.