Opportunity to plunder: COPA’s scandal risk

Critics of COPA call it the Community “Obstruction” to Purchase Act. Here’s another alternative: The Corruption Opportunity to Plunder Act. Errol Louis just penned a New York magazine column warning that the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act would attract immoral and criminal operators. The NY1 anchor and former Democratic City Council candidate cited the long history of nonprofits exploiting city-funded programs. Louis mentioned the recently jailed nonprofit landlord Malcolm Punter, scandals involving homeless shelters and Covid services and other examples of malfeasance. That list should include cluster housing — a program that the de Blasio administration ended in part by []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.