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The OIG and Howard Polivy: What Silence Tells Us About Oversight

Apr 28, 2025 Theo Gobblevelt

The Inspector General's report critiques the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation for misusing nearly $170,000 in public funds for private gain. Despite significant oversight failures, particularly by Howard Polivy, chair of the Audit & Budget Committee, calls…

Apr 6, 2025 When I.G. Lucy Lang Came After Shelton Haynes, A Sloppy Narrative The report from New York's Inspector General critiques former RIOC CEO Shelton J. Haynes for ethical violations while suggesting broader systemic corruption…

Apr 3, 2025 BREAKING: Inspector General Report Confirms Deep Misconduct at RIOC A newly released report by the New York State Inspector General confirms long-standing concerns about RIOC’s leadership under Shelton Haynes, detailing retaliation,…

Nov 1, 2022 How Much Did Haynes Waste Dodging an IG Probe? Earlier this year, we asked the state to start an IG probe into what we consider the obvious mishandling of RIOC’s main…

Jun 28, 2022 Inspector General Complaint #5 Lodged Against RIOC While still awaiting the Inspector General’s response to our earlier complaints, we were shown evidence of misconduct by RIOC’s General Counsel Gretchen…

Mar 24, 2022 A Mysterious Letter: Is It Calamity for Haynes and RIOC? A mysterious letter, we learned, arrived at the office of a high-ranking local official, late last week. At roughly 15 pages, it…

Feb 8, 2022 4th Inspector General Complaint Now Filed Against RIOC Inspector General Complaints against RIOC became critical, this year, as the secretive state agency grew more remote, operating less like a public…

Jan 20, 2022 New RIOC Complaint Filed with the State Inspector General The complaint filed with the New York state’s Inspector General charges gross misconduct in efforts aimed at firing Susan Rosenthal. by David…

Jan 11, 2022 Complaints against RIOC filed with the New York Inspector General Two complaints against RIOC have been filed with New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang. They involve separate incidents and are not…

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