(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.
"New York City's response to Sandy was a case study in dysfunction," Stringer, a Democrat, said in a statement. "The city allowed consultants to run amok."
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