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Nine New Jersey residents were among those charged in sweeping indictments announced Tuesday against nearly six dozen current and former New York City Housing Authority employees that officials say point to mass corruption at the public city agency. The 70 employees charged in the case allegedly accepted cash bribes in exchange for no-bid contracts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced Tuesday. The nine New Jersey residents were all charged with bribery and extortion. One 49-year-old resident of Irvington was also charged with conspiracy to solicit and receive a…

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