(DNAINFO) Ben Fractenberg | August 17, 2017 — Some people were allowed to skip waiting lists to get below-market apartments in Mitchell-Lama developments, an audit released Thursday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found.

One of the most egregious cases included a building management employee at the Lower East Side’s Knickerbocker Village who was given a one-bedroom penthouse in March 2015 even though he wasn’t on the waiting list, according to the report.

“Knickerbocker’s property manager explained that they assigned this apartment to an employee to have additional staff on site in case of an emergency, such as Superstorm Sandy,” the report stated.

At least two applicants for one-bedroom apartments in the Westview apartments on Roosevelt Island who should have been offered units in 2015 were passed over without justification, according to the report.

The comptroller’s office also found that Knickerbocker management did not get proper Division of Housing and Community Renewalapproval for eight out of nine succession apartments, where a household member takes over the apartment from the primary lease holder.

Source: Audit of Affordable Apartment Waitlist Finds Multiple Abuses – Lower East Side – New York – DNAinfo