Nearly two dozen workers who helped renovate NYPD precincts as well as department headquarters at 1 Police Plaza will share in a nearly $900,000 settlement with a contractor over unpaid wages, the city comptroller’s office announced Thursday.

Payments to the workers include $645,000 for underpayments and $118,000 in interest payments, said city Comptroller Brad Lander, whose office investigated the claims. He said the underpayments occurred over a two-year period and involved 22 workers, for work performed from October 2018 to November 2020.

The settlement was reached with CLS Project Solutions, the prime contractor on the precincts work, which subcontracted the work to another company, ICP Construction, Lander said. The settlement also includes a $92,000 civil penalty. CLS Project Solut

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