70 Arrested in New York Housing Scandal. 

Yesterday, an indictment in New York City was unsealed, alleging a massive kick-back scandal involving 70 New York City Housing Authority employees.  According to a report in the New York Times, it is the largest number of bribery charges the Department of Justice has ever handed out, as seventy people were arrested. According to a report by the local NBC affiliate in New York, $2 million in bribes were demanded from $ 13 million worth of contracts.   Most of the kickbacks were demanded before the work on houses or apartments were started as a way to grease the wheels. It appears that the house of cards at the Housing Authority finally came tumbling down.