The Utica OD reported that Rebuild Mohawk Valley, an affiliate of the Utica Municipal Housing Authority, is the most likely group to take over work from GroWest Inc., if that agency does not survive its current turmoil, a city official said Thursday.
But Robert Sullivan, the city's community revitalization director, stressed that no decision has been made regarding the future of the city's involvement with GroWest. The city is the other option for taking over the work if GroWest fails.
Sullivan said that decision would be made by Mayor David Roefaro and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development along with Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, who is concerned about the continuation of lead-poisoning prevention work now done by GroWest.
“We've had a very preliminary, fact-finding conversation with Rebuild Mohawk Valley,” Sullivan said. “We have made no decision.”
Both the city and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating GroWest, a non-profit based in West Utica, over allegations of bid-rigging and theft over the course of the past decade. Read more here.
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