Feds Probing Questionable NYCHA Statistics on Lead Tainted Apartments

 

By Greg B. Smith

When she testified to the City Council in March 2015, NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye minimized the danger of lead paint in public housing, claiming only 18 apartments had tested positive for lead paint since 2010.

What she didn’t mention was this: In 2004, NYCHA identified more than 55,000 apartments likely to contain lead paint, including more than 10,000 where children younger than 6 live.

Finding the scope and nature of this problem in the nation’s biggest public housing authority is nearly impossible.

And the question of how the New York City Housing Authority addresses this issue is part of an ongoing investigation by the Justice Department. 

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Source: The New York Daily News and The Empire Report