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Timeline of NYCHA's awareness of Allied Universal issues
0:23:12
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Council Member Chris Banks inquires about when NYCHA was first alerted to issues with Allied Universal. Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber explains that NYCHA was informed about fire guard issues in June or July 2023 and security guard issues in June 2023, with the security guard inquiry completed in April 2023.
- NYCHA was informed about fire guard issues in June/July 2023
- Security guard inquiry results were shared with NYCHA in June 2023
- The DOI aims to inform agencies promptly in public safety-related investigations
Chris Banks
0:23:12
Well, thank you commissioner and thank you for the report and keeping the public informed as with these findings.
0:23:25
First of all, let me start with and and I thank god that Allied is no longer the contractor.
0:23:36
Were you are you able to share at what point during the investigation NYCHA was first alerted of the issues with Allied Universal?
Jocelyn Strauber
0:23:48
Well, certainly, with respect to the fire guards, as I mentioned, NYCHA was alerted in the course of the investigation.
0:23:55
So that would have been sometime in June or July of twenty twenty three.
0:24:01
And I believe it's in the report.
0:24:03
I'm gonna try to find you the exact date, but we also made NYCHA aware of the issues with the security guards, you know, well before the issuance of this report.
0:24:15
I'll I'll find the exact actually, we we inform we shared the results of the security guard inquiry with NYCHA in June of twenty twenty three.
0:24:26
We completed that portion of the inquiry in April of twenty twenty three.
0:24:31
So NYCHA was timely informed
Chris Banks
0:24:33
Okay.
Jocelyn Strauber
0:24:33
Which is something that we will always try to do in a public safety related investigation like this one.