Ignorance is not bliss.

    Co-op City has made the news and this time it’s not about the parking. Ms. Iris Baez, former Co-op City board president, was charged with bribery and conspiracy. $100,000 out of the $3.5 million contract would have gone to Ms. Baez for teaming up with a specific contractor. 

    Will this cause problems for future contracts?  It has already taken more than 4 years to fix the garages, which might leave residents to question where their maintenance fee is going. If residents were more interested in their neighborhood there might not be room for inside deals. As Ms. Gloria Wharton, president of building 9B, said ” People complain about things but they don’t do anything to follow up on it. What do they expect?”