Place went downhill as staff partied it up

The trash piled up; mold grew in deteriorating apartments; workers ignored vital repairs.

All the while, NYCHA supervisors and workers were engaging in steamy on-the-clock sex parties, residents of a Bronx housing development said at a heated town hall event Thursday night.

The tenants at the Throggs Neck Houses railed against NYCHA and its lascivious staff Thursday, just two days after the housing authority quietly suspended building superintendent Wallace Vereen for 30 days without pay, amid a probe into allegations he collected overtime while taking part in the carnal sprees.

“NYCHA was invited but they declined (to attend) the town hall,” said Throggs Neck Tenant Association President Monique Johnson. “They’ll have the opportunity to read about it tomorrow.”

Last week, the authority suspended Brianne Pawson, supervisor of grounds at Throggs Neck, and Tayron Hazel, a caretaker, for 30 days as officials investigated allegations that workers and supervisors put in for overtime as they frequented the boozed-up parties in-

side the groundskeeper shop.

“I don't have a problem with people having orgies,” Johnson said. “I have a problem with work not being done. People were neglecting to do their jobs.”

Early last month, the Department of Investigation received two separate tips about the alleged antics, but referred the matter to NYCHA officials. Last week, DOI opened its own investigation after the Daily News reported the allegations.

Residents said they complained about broken tiles, mold and damaged doors, but the staff would repeatedly close out the maintenance request tickets without doing the work.

“The dumpsters were full,” Johnson said. “There was no pickup of garbage. Other developments had to come and pick up for them . ... It got so bad, we didn't have supplies at the development. No cleaning supplies, not even garbage bags.”

Lehra Brooks, who's lived in the complex since 1974, said she spoke to Vereen about a neglected request to fix a broken door.

“I called him out about it,” she said. “They shouldn't have suspended him. They should have terminated him. He was the boss, and his example said it was OK for the rest of them to do this.”