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NYCHA Superintendents Plead Guilty to Accepting Bribes
NEW YORK, NY – Two New York City Housing Authority superintendents have pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for awarding no-bid contracts at NYCHA facilities.
Leroy Gibbs, 58, of Bay Shore, New York, and Julio Figueroa, 45, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, each pleaded guilty to solicitation and receipt of a bribe, a federal felony that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Gibbs pleaded guilty on October 7, 2022, before United States Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein. He will be sentenced by United States District Judge Colleen McMahon on January 25, 2023. Figueroa pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Denise L. Cote and will be sentenced by Judge Cote on February 9, 2023.
According to the complaints and statements made in court, Gibbs solicited and accepted approximately $2,000 in bribes from a confidential informant in exchange for awarding no-bid contracts worth a total of approximately $9,950 from NYCHA for work at Douglass Houses in New York, New York. Figueroa solicited and accepted approximately $6,000 in bribes from the same confidential informant in exchange for awarding no-bid contracts worth a total of approximately $46,622 from NYCHA for work at Ft. Independence St.-Heath Ave. Houses in the Bronx, New York.
Gibbs agreed to forfeit $2,000 and make restitution in the amount of $2,000 under the terms of his plea agreement. Figueroa agreed to forfeit $6,000 and make restitution in the amount of $6,000.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams praised the investigative work of the New York City Department of Investigation, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General, and the Special Agents of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
The prosecution of this case is being handled by the Office’s Public Corruption Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Catherine Ghosh and Robert B. Sobelman are in charge of the prosecution.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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