Sentences with phrase «apartments with lead paint»

To tenants already reeling from the realization that they and their children are living in apartments with lead paint, the «breach of lease» missive was just another kick in the gut.

Bronx Councilman Rafael Salamanca, whose district includes several NYCHA developments, questioned whether the authority is dangerously underplaying the potential for harm to children living in apartments with lead paint.

The head of the NYC Council's Public Housing Committee, Bronx Councilman Richie Torres, will propose a new law requiring NYCHA to clean up all apartments with lead paint instead of waiting for tenants to move out.

Not exact matches

When my husband and I looked for a new apartment, I made sure to find a place with new windows - a common place where chipping and peeling paint creates lead dust from surface friction.

Mary Gaines said she's dealt with mold and lead paint as well as a damaged kitchen sink in her Jackson Houses apartment.

NYCHA now estimates some 55,000 apartments likely contain lead paint, including 10,000 with children 6 and under.

Pols will introduce 17 new bills on Wednesday, which would require more thorough investigations when a child is found with elevated lead levels and beef up lead paint rules for apartments and other spots where children spend time.

Gaston Lago, who has lived in the building for 20 years and who has two young children, said he just found out his apartment may have lead paint and that he's dealing with bed bug issues.

In recent inspections of 4,200 public housing apartments with possible lead paint and tenants with a child under age 6, more than half were found to have damaged paint.

The district court held that a landlord was not liable for negligence in implicitly but falsely representing that an apartment was in compliance with the Housing Code and fit for habitation where it contained flaking lead - based paint, and where there was no evidence that the landlord was aware of lead - based paint in the premises.