Thursday, March 2, 2017

City Pols Slam NYCHA for Delays in Hurricane Sandy Building Repairs



By Ben Kochman

City lawmakers laid into public housing officials Tuesday for lagging behind on $3 billion in repairs to buildings socked by Superstorm Sandy.

"Why is it taking so long?" said Councilman Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) at a hearing on post-Sandy recovery in New York City Housing Authority developments.

Over five years after the storm caused massive flood damage at 33 NYCHA sites, construction at just one development – Lower East Side Rehab 5 – is finished.

Residents at sites still saddled with Sandy damage report living without consistent heat and hot water. 

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)

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