Two New York City Housing Authority employees abused their positions and mistreated their subordinates, according to the city investigators.

Last summer, newspaper reports alleged NYCHA workers were organizing sex parties at the Throggs Neck Houses in the Bronx. The city's Department of Investigation consequently looked into the claims and this month sent a referral for consideration of employee disciplinary action to NYCHA. In it, the department concluded there was no evidence of orgies, but the agency found numerous other problems.

Two former Throggs Neck managers, Brianne Pawson and Wallace Vereen, threatened their subordinates with physical violence and retaliated against those who reported what was happening, according to DOI. They organized drunken parties during work hours, and engaged in sexual relationships with subordinates. On one occasion, Pawson disabled refrigerators that were supposed to be placed in new tenants’ apartments, in an apparent attempt to generate complaints against a new assistant superintendent assigned to the development.

Olivia Lapeyrolerie, a spokeswoman for Mayor de Blasio, said the two employees have been suspended and that the city is seeking to dismiss them.

"This blatant misconduct is appalling and completely unbefitting of any NYCHA employee, especially those in supervisory roles,” she said.

The latest available number for Vereen was out of service; the woman who answered Pawson's phone said she was not the supervisor and would not identify herself.