A public housing employee made more than $465,000 in a year with overtime, while apparently running two private plumbing businesses at the same time. The city is investigating.
The money could jump-start affordable housing projects across the metropolitan region.
The project is the latest example of a push by New York City to build homes on land it owns. The building will be 100 percent affordable, officials say.
It was not immediately clear whether any of the buildings in question had faulty heating systems.
Molly Wasow Park, a holdover from the Eric Adams administration, said her resignation was unrelated to the recent wave of cold-related deaths in New York City.