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  Comptroller Brad Lander’s office found dozens of cases where NYCHA could not document that work the agency had paid for was actually done. This article originally appeared in The City. By  Greg B. Smith NEW YORK - The New York City Housing Authority did little to follow up on apartment repairs by hired vendors and in dozens of cases could not provide evidence that the work they paid for had actually been done, the city comptroller alleged Wednesday. The findings by Comptroller Brad Lander's audit team came in response to February's federal arrests of 70 NYCHA workers on charges of taking kickbacks in exchange for handing out hundreds of "micro-contracts" that don't require the rigorous and public competitive bidding protocols of larger contracts. The audit alleges NYCHA's lack of oversight of these smaller contracts allowed this corruption to flourish unnoticed for years.  Announcing the takedown in February, Manhattan U.S. At...

  Mayor Eric Adams says he’ll weigh what to do about the measure, while real estate industry launches campaign warning of unintended consequences. This article originally appeared in The City. By  Samantha Maldonado Follow @x NEW YORK - Paying brokers’ fees to rent an apartment might just become a thing of the past for many tenants in New York City. The City Council on Wednesday is poised to pass a revised bill known as the Fairness in Apartment Rentals Act , which requires whomever hired the broker to pay the fee. The original bill simply put the hiring party on the hook for the fee. The new version directly states that a broker who publishes a listing for a property for rent is to be paid by the landlord.  The amended version also requires the landlord or broker to disclose all fees tenants pay up front, and stipulates that before a tenant signs a lease, the landlord or broker must provide an itemized list of fees...