ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has rejected the New York City Transit Authority’s $118 million contract with Science Applications International Corp. for upgrading the authority’s VHF radio system, saying the company’s role in a city contracting scandal remains unclear.
While noting SAIC and its employees are not accused of criminal wrongdoing, the comptroller cites fraud indictments of consultants and “serious concerns about vendors” in the CityTime project to computerize the payroll.
DiNapoli says there are unanswered questions and too much money at stake for the radio contract to proceed without an independent review of SAIC’s role.
The authority says it shares DiNapoli’s concerns.
A call to SAIC was not immediately returned.