Outraged residents of a scandal-rocked housing project in the Bronx demanded the Housing Authority level with them about rampant allegations of employee misconduct there — including salacious charges of on-the-clock sex parties.
The town hall Thursday night came two weeks after NYCHA transferred the entire staff at the Throggs Neck Houses — 40 employees — to other developments as it probes the complaints, which it first learned of in May.
“I want people to be held accountable, so it sends a [message] that this behavior won’t be tolerated,” said Monique Johnson, who heads the development’s tenant association.
“I do not have a problem with orgies. I had a problem with work not being done,” she added, to laughs. “I’m not a hater.”
At least 80 people packed a room at the sprawling public housing complex in the east Bronx to give local elected officials a piece of their mind.
“I think all of us agree and we understand it very clearly. Enough is enough,” said Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein. “NYCHA is the worst landlord in the city of New York.”
He added: “If a private landlord ever managed their property and exposed their residents to lead, mold and leaky roofs, that landlord would have handcuffs on them and be hauled to jail.”
Klein was joined by the area’s City Councilman Mark Gjonaj and Assemblyman Michael Benedetto.
When the crowd demanded to know why there were no NYCHA reps present, Johnson said they were invited but did not come.
The crowd let out a Bronx cheer and someone yelled out: “What’s new?”
So far, NYCHA has suspended three employees, including two supervisors, as it continues to investigate.
Officials confirmed Thursday they sent resident building superintendent Wallace Vereen home for the next 30 days without pay. Vereen effectively ran the facility because of NYCHA’s months-long failure to fill the position above him, the development manager post, tenants said.
NYCHA previously suspended two employees after The Post reported that no workers had been reprimanded as the investigation continued.
One of those employees was Brianne Pawson, the daughter of NYCHA executive Charles Pawson.
The city’s Department of Investigation has also launched its own probe into the accusations, after first declining and forwarding the complaints it received to authorities at NYCHA.
