Tanya Dempsey, a consultant from CSG Consultants, was present at MPHA’s Board meeting today, in support of Greg Russ and MPHA’s RAD conversion plans for Elliot Twins.
Tanya Dempsey, who will be the lead on many of the tasks MPHA has assigned CSG, previously worked for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) while they underwent an extensive “portfolio modernization” effort not unlike the current “portfolio assessment” MPHA has undertaken. NYCHA hired CSG to act as a financial advisor during this process. Apparently impressed with CSG’s work, Dempsey decided it would be appropriate to apply for a job at CSG while continuing to work with them on behalf of NYCHA. According to NY Daily News, “for months, she continued signing off on checks for CSG and working with the firm on NYCHA projects while emailing back and forth about snagging a job at CSG.” She succeeded in changing employers, but was later forced to pay a $9,500 fine to settle charges filed by New York City’s Conflict of Interest Board.
See this article about her story https://tinyurl.com/MPHA-CSG-s-Corruption
MPHA is paying Ms. Dempsey up to 375 dollars an hour to strategize the privatization of Minneapolis Public Housing, starting with Elliot Twins.
We told her to go back to wherever she came from. We don’t need any more corruption in Minneapolis. We already have Greg Russ & Chairman F.C. Tyler to deal with.
