QUESTION
Who is responsible for ongoing monitoring to safeguard against contract corruption at NYCHA?
0:43:23
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The Department of Investigation recommends semi-annual audits by NYCHA’s quality assurance and compliance departments to safeguard against contract corruption, with findings to be made public.
- A specific audit requirement is put forward for semi-annual audits of micro-purchase data by NYCHA’s quality assurance and compliance departments.
- These audit findings are required to be posted publicly to ensure transparency.
- Oversight is also provided by the monitor's oversight and the Department of Investigation (DOI) which encompasses these issues.
- NYCHA is recommended to report any irregularities or concerns to the Department of Investigation.
Gale Brewer
0:43:23
And then just finally, I assume that the 14 suggestions and anything else that you might suggest, although you said that's pretty much it.
0:43:31
Will safeguard against contract corruption in the future.
0:43:35
But who does the ongoing monitoring?
0:43:37
Is that DUI, the monitor, Nieta itself, who who's in charge of that?
Jocelyn Strauber
0:43:42
So there there is
Gale Brewer
0:43:43
a crisis before, and it didn't work.
0:43:45
So we wanna make sure it does in the future.
Jocelyn Strauber
0:43:47
There there is an actual one of the recommendations actually requires the quality assurance and compliance departments at night shift to conduct semi annual audits specifically of micro purchase data and to post those findings publicly.
0:44:01
So there's a specific audit requirement that we've attached to these recommendations and this issue.
0:44:07
But as you say, the the monitor's oversight and DOI's oversight also encompasses these issues.
0:44:12
And actually, I think our last recommendation is that Naisha continue to report any irregularities or concerns that it sees to our agency.
Gale Brewer
0:44:21
Okay.