70 New York Housing Authority employees charged with bribery, extortion


NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) with bribery and extortion in a corruption investigation.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams announced the largest single-day bribery case in the history of the Department of Justice.

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