The city's public housing authority made another stunning admission Wednesday:

"NYCHA is not in compliance with a number of federal regulations, and is working to assess the extent of non-compliance," said Anne-Marie Flatley, the vice president of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

For the first time, this scandal-plagued agency admitted it was violating numerous federal regulations.

It was last year when we found out the authority was not complying with regulations involving lead paint inspections. On Wednesday, at an otherwise uneventful board meeting, an authority official stood up and read a letter the agency was going to send to federal regulators, admitting its issues went well beyond that.

"NYCHA's recently-established compliance department will develop an approach to address areas of noncompliance as appropriate," Flatley said, reading from the letter.

The letter, which NY1 later obtained, says the authority "believes it may not be in compliance with a number of federal regulations."

It lists several areas, including overtime requirements, work by its equal opportunity department, areas of procurement, emergency management plans, staff trainings, oversight of tenant protections, and it continues to violate regulations surrounding mold and lead.

"NYCHA expects additional areas will be added to this list," the letter says.

The board did not ask any questions. Officials could not tell NY1 what are the specific violations.

The authority's interim leader, Stanley Brezenoff, later took reporters' questions.

"We actually have been identifying against rules and regulations area where there could be vulnerability," Brezenoff said.

Wednesday's admissions came six weeks after the de Blasio administration and federal authorities agreed to a major settlement for NYCHA after the agency repeatedly violated health and safety regulations.

"Clearly, part of our issue now is the perception of the agency is not having been transparent, not having been forthcoming. So this is prophylactic," Brezenoff said.

NYCHA officials said they do not believe admitting this to the federal government will affect their funding. They said transparency runs paramount now.