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Public commenter alleges past corruption at Newark Housing Authority, names mayor; council receives materials
Summary
A resident told the council he has documentation alleging corruption in past housing-authority redevelopment deals and said he intends to pursue criminal action naming Mayor Raja Baraka and others; council acknowledged his statements and accepted the speaker's folder.
At the Dec. 3 meeting of the Newark Municipal Council, public commenter Aleef Mohammed delivered an extended statement alleging corruption connected to past housing-authority redevelopment deals and said he had documentation for the council's review.
Mohammed named Mayor Raja Baraka and the chief of staff and said he intended to pursue criminal accountability for actions he described as harming low-income, elderly and disabled housing-authority residents. He described several projects he said he had helped block and identified parties he alleged benefitted improperly from redevelopment deals. "I killed that deal," Mohammed said about particular transactions he described as unfair; he told council "this is called corruption" and handed a folder of documents to the dais.
Council President Crump thanked Mohammed for his comments and for providing the materials. The transcript does not include a formal response from the mayor's office or the housing authority during the meeting record, nor does it record any immediate investigatory action by the council.
The council did not take formal action in response during the meeting; the allegations and the submitted materials will remain part of the meeting record.
