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From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov

https://nypost.com/2021/12/30/nyc-social-services-provider-blew-city- money-on-staff-booze-cruise-fast-food-audit/

An embattled shelter and services provider that has been repeatedly lit up
for failing to address the homeless situation at Penn Station blew city
money on a booze cruise, fast food, and movie tickets for its staff,
according to an audit.

Bowery Residents’ Committee charged the city at least $2,653 for the
$36,510 catered boat ride, along with $1.4 million in other expenses that
were either unsupported or not allowed, the audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office found.

“It’s a cause for concern when the non-profit hired to address the growing homeless crisis has so many red flags on the expenses it bills to the
city. Charging taxpayers for a booze cruise is inappropriate at best,”
DiNapoli said in a statement.

BRC’s work at MTA hubs including Penn Station was previously called “very expensive” and “minimally effective” by the MTA Inspector General.

The non-profit held $527 million in city homeless service contracts as of
2019. DiNapoli’s audit covered its contract to operate the 200-bed Jack
Ryan Residence on West 25th Street for mentally ill and chemically-
addicted homeless adults.

Auditors found hundreds of thousands of dollars of personnel and
facilities expenses like rent and utilities were incorrectly allocated to
BRC’s Jack Ryan Residence contract, instead of to other BRC programs
located in the same building.

BRC also claimed reimbursement for $3,482 at AMC Theaters and $1,500 at Wendy’s, the audit said — but could not provide invoices or other
documentation for nearly half of that money. The rest had been filed as
“staff appreciation.”

The organization allocated $2,653 for the cruise to the Jack Ryan
contract, which was ostensibly for “staff training and recruitment,” the
report said. BRC officials declined to tell auditors if the rest of the
cruise expense had also been charged to the city.

The State Comptroller’s audit is the latest black eye for de Blasio’s Department of Homeless Services, whose oversight of $16 billion in
contracts over Hizzoner’s tenure has come under repeated scrutiny.

BRC is one of a handful of scandal-tarred shelter operators who The Post reported in October received $4.6 billion in city tax dollars over Mayor
Bill de Blasio’s eight years in office — one out of every four dollars
spent on contractors by the Department of Homeless Services.

Other groups are accused of using city money to pay for their director’s “lavish lifestyle.”

DHS was forced to yank contracts from one of its biggest providers, Brooklyn-based CORE Services Group, after twin investigations by the Post
and The New York Times exposed rampant nepotistic hiring practices and self-dealing that enriched its CEO, Jack Brown, as well as several of his friends and relatives.

BRC Executive Director Muzzy Rosenblatt did not return a request for
comment.

DHS did not respond to the audit’s findings. Agency spokesman Isaac McGinn called the report “flawed,” “inaccurate” and an “attempt to find fault
where there is none and politicize our vital work with BRC.”

“BRC is an excellent homeless services organization that does
extraordinary work,” McGinn said in a statement. “Jack Ryan shelter is a mainstay in the Manhattan community and has served as an lifeline for
thousands of New Yorkers in need for many years.”


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