Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to New York Post: NYCHA's $465,000-a-Year Plumber Is Just a Taste of Its Massive Dysfunction
July 15, 2026
July 15, 2026
NEW YORK, July 15 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 14, 2026, by Cities Director John Ketcham to the New York Post:
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NYCHA's $465,000-a-Year Plumber Is Just a Taste of Its Massive Dysfunction
Want to make banker money without stepping foot on Wall Street? Try plumbing for the New York City Housing Authority.
From July 2024 through June 2025, NYCHA plumber supervisor Jakub Markowski earned . . .
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NYCHA's $465,000-a-Year Plumber Is Just a Taste of Its Massive Dysfunction
Want to make banker money without stepping foot on Wall Street? Try plumbing for the New York City Housing Authority.
From July 2024 through June 2025, NYCHA plumber supervisor Jakub Markowski earned . . .