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NEWARK, NJ — Agents from the FBI Newark Division conducted law enforcement activity at the Newark Housing Authority on February 6.
An agency spokesperson said the visit to the housing authority’s offices on 500 Broad Street was for “official business.”
Said Victor Cirilo, executive director of the Newark Housing Authority: “No one from the FBI has contacted the housing authority, its officials or myself. We welcome any inquiries and provide any information to law enforcement agencies.”
The Newark Housing Authority receives federal funding to operate 52 public housing sites in the city. Mayor Ras Baraka appoints a majority of its Board of Commissioners.
The public corruption unit of the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey has in recent months obtained guilty pleas from two former consultants to the city and Baraka’s campaign as a result of investigations by the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, and Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General.