Always trust government!-----New York City housing authority lied about squalid conditions for years, feds say

New York City housing authority lied about squalid conditions for years, feds say
"Managers at New York City's Housing Authority lied for years about lead poisoning at the nation's largest public housing agency and used a "magic carpenter" and other elaborate ruses to fool federal inspectors, federal prosecutors charged Monday.
...The complaint was made public after the city and the authority signed a consent decree that will require the city to set aside $2.2 billion over the next 10 years to make the much-needed fixes.
Berman accused the housing authority of underreporting the number of children who have probably been poisoned by lead from peeling paint — and neglecting the 400,000 low- and middle-income people who live in the rotting buildings..."
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