“Federal prosecutors and the contractors building the East Side Access passage from Long Island to Grand Central Terminal have quietly settled a civil lawsuit that accused the companies of lying about their compliance in hiring disadvantaged businesses as subcontractors on the federally funded project.
The lawsuit, which was brought by the office of the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara, alleged that the contractors “engaged in lies and subterfuge” to make it appear that they had hired disadvantaged businesses as subcontractors, as required by federal regulations, when they in fact hadn’t.”
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