Claire,
Here is a link to Garcia's contract.
http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2013/02/breaking-hha-ed-carmelos-garcias_11.html

Really good journalism to ask Garcia and his supporter for details on the contract, get incorrect information, and print it as though it is true without any checking of facts.

Article IX: Termination
This contract may terminated as follows:
(c) Unilateral termination by the Authority upon not less than 120 days notice;

That's just a little bit different that what is in the article, which then implies that the termination is for cause. Try to do a little better than misleading people via your "news" site.

If I am not mistaken the HHA Board have finally got Mr. Garcia's attention.

Btw, I believe a Rice notice is required 48 hours in advance of meeting. So the notice had to have been issued earlier than a day in advance. Otherwise, it would not be legal.

" can only be terminated unilaterally by the Housing board 120 days before the end date of the contract, Garcia as well as Commissioner Eduardo Gonzalez said. "
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Then Garcia and Gonzalez either can't read or are lying. Claire do you fact check anything?

Carmelo Garcia was not a sitting executive director when he was awarded his 5 year contract.

According to HUD rules, Only sitting Executive Directors can be awarded a 5 year contract. All others can only be awarded a 1 year contract.

If HUD rules are true, It would seem that Mr. Garcia has been working for more than a year and a half without a contract. According to HUD rules, Employees in HUD working without a contract in these cicumstances, retain the terms under the expired contract and must be given 120 notice to terminate the prior contract.

If the HUD rules are to be taken as written:
Why did the HHA attorney allow the board ot enter into a contract that is not permissable by state/federal HUD law?
WHy did Mr. Gonzalez and others inappropriately approved a contract that was not legal within the HUD rules.
WHy would HHA want an attorney who, according to HUD, acted in conflict of interest?
In HUDs letter it near demanded that the HHA board deal with the procurement problems it has. Garica is the sole person responsible for procurement issue, under his expired contract. The board must give 120 days to terminate the current contract with the ED and enter into a new contract removing the procurement claus, to follow HUDs decision.
The is no need for cause, as such only requires 120 notice of terminating the terms of the contract.

Why is Garcia against following HUD recommendations, HUD contract Law and HUD procurement procedures?

Interesting that Judy Burrell-- a HHS teacher who failed to attend her class of special education students for over 75 times during the 2011-2012 school year is in position to make a judgment on anyone.

What is going on at the HHA is the typical manner in which "reformers" have tried to take control of every aspect of the city. Pick a person, make accusations and non-issues primarily via legal technicalities, and then go about a character assault by the zombies online. Nothing new here at all.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

burrel and lincoln owe it to the good tenants at HHA to give their reason for wanting to change the contract.

Read todays Hoboken Reporter for a balanced report on the meeting.

The "termination" actually is for "cause" The "cause" being that Mr. Garcia refuses to be a puppet for Zimmer and her Zombies.
Instead of embracing someone who rose from the projects, earned his degrees from respectable institutions and has been transforming the Housing Authority into a place where tenants are respected for more than their ability to produce votes, the Zimmer Zombies have been given their marching orders to open up the contracts so that political hacks can be rewarded for campaign contributions both here and statewide. Why didn't the Zombies question the inherent conflict of interest that was created when a Commissioner was appointed who serves as a teacher under the Board of Education on which Mr. Garcia sits? Is it at all possible that the Commissioner has an ax to grind? If such a conflict was created by anyone other than Zimmer (and her buddy the Governor), the Zombies would be wailing and gnashing their teeth, Yet, all we get is silence.
I think it's time for the feds to come in and see if there is undue political pressure being placed on the Zimmer Commissioners and if so, they should take appropriate action.

During Hurricane Sandy, there were six generators for six buildings that were out of commission, creating a critical fire hazard for the HHA residents. Jake had to call a fire watch and have the HFD positioned at the housing authority, costing $100,000. When Carmelo was asked on why the generators were not working, he gave several bizarre excuses which didn't answer the question - it was crazy; the generators were flooded; the inspectors found them like that; it's a personnel issue and he couldn't talk about it, etc. No answer as to why they weren't operational and positioned at higher ground before the storm. What about a list of HHA employees? Has Carmelo ever provided it to the commissioners? He has the gift of gab, but not a shred of accountability.

So, I should assume that none of you Zombies have any problem with the possible conflict of interest that exists between the teacher and the Director? All I see here are diversions. I love the strategy...Zimmer's conflicts may be bad but everyone else's are worse. Gotta love Reformers, especially when they are worse than those they are "reforming".

Here we go again...Zimmer Zombies, deflect, deflect, deflect!!!

What do you mean deflect? Is my question not a reasonable assessment? Why is Carmelo Garcia working on Judith Burrell's contract and employment issues without recusing himself any different than Judith Burrell working on Carmelo Garcia;s? Yet you seem to have a problem only with one of the two...