Comptroller Scott Stringer reports N.Y. spent $6.8 million in payments to independent consultants for flawed and incomplete work. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, Pool)

(Bloomberg) — New York misspent $6.8 million after Hurricane Sandy in payments to independent consultants for flawed and incomplete work that delayed help to at least 20,000 people with damaged homes, city Comptroller Scott Stringer said.

The Office of Housing Recovery Operations failed to properly monitor contractors in its Build It Back program from June 1, 2013, to Aug. 1, 2014, Stringer said, citing findings of an audit released Tuesday.


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