Atlantic City Housing Authority spent nearly $500K on leadership consultants

September 6, 2023

ATLANTIC CITY — The Atlantic City Housing Authority spent nearly a half-million dollars on two administrative consultants over the past year and continued to keep them on the payroll through the summer despite the addition of new permanent staff in the same roles…

Marc Pfeiffer, a procurement expert and senior policy fellow with Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said the authority would likely have spent the same amount it sent to Volpe’s firm on three full-time staff members’ salaries and benefits.

Press of Atlantic City, 9/6/23

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