An investigative reporter who has covered the problems plaguing NYCHA for years voiced little surprise on Thursday at the recent exposure of a corruption scandal within the agency.

“Zero surprise. I mean, I started writing about this exact issue in 2019,” Greg Smith, a reporter for The City, said during an appearance on “Mornings On 1.”

This week, 70 employees at NYCHA were arrested and charged with bribery and extortion in a long-term corruption investigation. Prosecutors said the employees pocketed $2 million in bribes in exchange for $13 million in no-bid contracts. Prosecutors said the scheme was hiding in plain sight for years.

Smith shed some light on the extortion tactics employees used, saying, "The issue is really a lot of these guys are just, they're superintendents, assistant superintendents, and they're basically extorting every contractor who comes in there because they have the ability to say whether you got the gig or you don’t."

He added that the broader issue, however, was the lack of supervision.

“The real issue is that there was no oversight. No one was paying any attention,” he said. "The question I have and the question I'm continuing to look at is, where was management?"