The Housing Authority has come under scrutiny for its failure to
conduct lead paint inspections for four years and then filing false reports stating that the inspections were completed.
First, the authority failed to
conduct lead paint inspections.
In the wake of the ongoing controversy over the de Blasio administration's failure to
conduct lead paint inspections, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is pushing for passage of a bill to create an independent monitor of the city's public housing.
Shola Olatoye, the chair and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), talks to In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the housing authority not
conducting lead paint inspections for years, and the scandal over Olatoye falsely submitting paperwork that NYCHA had conducted inspections.
Not exact matches
To help with
inspections, the city has a contract with a firm that
conducts lead paint testing and risk assessments in homes.
Only 93 homes have been visited by a contractor to
conduct inspections and risk assessments for potential
lead paint hazards.
The embattled head of the city's public housing authority was grilled at a city council hearing Tuesday over her agency's failure to
conduct mandatory
lead paint inspections for years.
NYCHA was also criticized following the disclosure that the head of the authority, Shola Olatoye, had falsely told the federal government that
lead -
paint inspections mandated by law had been
conducted.
Nycha has come under scrutiny for its management after failing to
conduct required
lead paint inspections for four years.
Sen. Jesse Hamilton (D - Brooklyn) is dropping the bill four weeks after investigators revealed that the New York City Housing Authority failed to
conducted mandated
lead paint inspections for four years and lied to the federal government about it.
The measure would come after more than 320,000 people have been left without heat or hot water this winter and following months of revelations that the housing authority had failed to
conduct inspections for
lead paint as required by federal rules and city law for four years.
Mayor de Blasio, center, expressed his frustration on Monday about «mistakes that were made» by the city Housing Authority in not
conducting lead -
paint inspections in at - risk apartments.
Inspections - The BUYER»S obligations under this agreement are subject to the right to obtain inspection (s) of the Premises or any aspect thereof, including, but not limited to, home, pest, radon, lead paint, septic / sewer, water quality, and water drainage by consultant (s) regularly in the business of conducting said inspections, of BUYER»S own choosing, and at BUYER»S sole cost within 7 days after SELLER»S acceptance of this
Inspections - The BUYER»S obligations under this agreement are subject to the right to obtain
inspection (s) of the Premises or any aspect thereof, including, but not limited to, home, pest, radon,
lead paint, septic / sewer, water quality, and water drainage by consultant (s) regularly in the business of
conducting said
inspections, of BUYER»S own choosing, and at BUYER»S sole cost within 7 days after SELLER»S acceptance of this
inspections, of BUYER»S own choosing, and at BUYER»S sole cost within 7 days after SELLER»S acceptance of this agreement.
Olatoye resigned after facing accusations that her agency misleadingly claimed to have
conducted more than 50,000
lead paint inspections that reportedly never occurred.
For such houses, give the proper disclosures and suggest that an expert
conduct a
lead -
paint inspection.
Grants buyers a 10 - day period in which to
conduct a
lead - based
paint inspection at their own expense, although no testing or removal of
lead - based
paint is required by the law.
Airborne and environmental hazards are also excluded, meaning radon,
lead paint and asbestos tests are not
conducted in a general
inspection.