« In China, a 30-story hotel goes up in two weeks | Main | On Charlie Rose, Ratner talks up arena: Conseco + glass/steel = "first building... in the last ten years that is really a contemporary new building" »
March 10, 2012
Fraud Found in Jobs Effort; Blow to Bloomberg
The New York Times
by Michael Powell
City investigators have discovered evidence of large-scale fraud in one of the agencies leading Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s signature initiative to find jobs for unemployed New Yorkers.
Here's a surprise — it's not BUILD.
The Department of Investigation found that Seedco, a nonprofit organization that frequently works with the Bloomberg administration, falsely claimed to have helped at least 1,400 people — out of about 6,500 — find jobs; those people are in fact jobless or found employment on their own.
Only 1,400 phantom jobs? They deserve a medal. Bruce Ratner promised 17,000 construction jobs and 10,000 permanent office jobs, while delivering 607. Enervating!
Seedco “developed systematic practices to report false placements” to the city’s Department of Small Business Services, according to a report on the investigation that was released on Friday.
What, no housing and hoops?
Posted by eric at March 10, 2012 11:24 PM