A disgraced NYCHA staffer who was allowed to retire just two weeks before being charged in a historic “pay-to-play” corruption case tried to dodge questions from The Post by jumping into a luxury car outside his New Jersey home on Thursday.
Alex Tolozano — who was suspended for appearing naked in bed with a woman on a work call two years ago but still allowed to keep his job — glanced briefly out the front window of his five-bedroom house in Maywood before donning a Yankees cap as he walked out.
He then quickly hopped in a white Mercedes C800 in his driveway, went for a spin around the block and then returned home, hiding his face with his hands as he was approached by a Post reporter and photographer.
Tolozano, 57, this week was indicted along with 69 other former and current public housing authority workers in what marked the largest number of federal bribery raps brought in a single day in Justice Department history.
He retired from the New York City Housing Authority in January after 35 years — with a pension that could be worth $68,000 a year, according to a Post crunch of city payroll records.
Manhattan federal prosecutors allege he accepted about $41,000 in kickbacks in exchange for $205,000 worth of no-bid contracts while working as a superintendent at Webster Houses in The Bronx between 2015 and 2019.
His last position on the public payroll was “Building Superintendent” in 2023, which paid him roughly $95,000.
During his tenure at NYCHA, he was suspended at least three times — including in 2022 after he was caught naked in bed with a woman during a routine video conference.
It is not clear if NYCHA officials knew that Tolozano was under federal investigation when he retired.
