A top Trump official scolded the city’s public housing agency over “waste” and “fraud” — and took aim at the federal monitors that have failed to clear the “abuse”, at a meeting with New York housing officials in the city Friday.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner issued the scathing rebuke of the New York City Housing Authority Friday during a tense meeting with agency’s head.

“I see a lot of waste. I see a lot of fraud, and a lot of abuse,” Turner said. 3

The ex-NFL player, who was visiting NYCHA to take inventory and discuss financial management, also took aim at the agency’s independent monitors — federal watchdogs that ensure NYCHA is carrying out its duties — saying their performance was lackluster.

“The monitoring is not going well at all. We need t

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