"I question the propriety of settling the case," Street said, while the PHA board is "in the middle" of trying to determine what happened between Greene, 53, and Elizabeth Helm, 29, a former PHA employee.
Because the settlement will be paid with funds from PHA's insurance company, no vote is required by the board, said spokesman Kirk Dorn.
"Cases where the insurance company settles do not require board approval," said Dorn. "There's no PHA money."
Helm's attorney, John M. Elliott, said yesterday the insurance firm, the nonprofit Housing Authority Risk Retention Group, "accepted our settlement demands" on Friday.
But the agreement is not yet in writing, Elliott said.
"I've seen no document about a settlement, and no case is settled until a settlement agreement is executed," he said.
Elliott said his client had refused to sign a confidentiality agreement and added that she would "fully cooperate with any federal or state authorities who are investigating Carl Greene or PHA."
Asked whether an investigation was under way, he said, "I don't know."
Helm was an interior designer and planner for the Housing Authority. She accused Greene of unwanted sexual advances in April, prompting her to file complaints with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In a four-page letter sent April 21 to Street, Nutter, Rendell, and nine others, Elliott accused Greene of "serial predatory sexual misconduct" and alleged that he groped Helm at the Prime Rib restaurant at 1701 Locust St. after "insisting" she meet him there.
