City makes convenient repairs

From the NY Times:

The residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Rehabs, a group of three buildings, said they had complained for years about poor conditions to their landlord, the New York City Housing Authority. They had scheduled a press conference on Thursday to air their grievances and urge the agency to make fixes.

Then, the night before, a curious thing happened: A squad of 8 to 12 repairmen from the housing authority descended on their buildings, the tenants said, patching holes and painting walls.