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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