It began with a Department of Investigation report in November saying she had knowingly falsified federal reports about inspections for lead paint, and DOI commissioner Mark Peters later accused Olatoye of misleading the City Council in February when she testified under oath about the training NYCHA employees received to
do lead paint inspections.
Not exact matches
It appears a NYCHA worker forged a woman's signature after the birth of her twin daughters so it would appear a
lead paint inspection had occurred when it never
did.
NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye
did not tell the truth during her sworn testimony about
lead paint inspections before the city council last month, a letter from the Department of Investigation obtained by the Daily News reveals.
The chair of the housing authority is also under fire for signing paperwork certifying that apartments underwent
lead paint inspections over a four - year period, when they
did not.
NYCHA stopped
doing required annual
lead paint inspections in 2012 in violation of local law and federal regulations.
While thousands of public housing tenants were told last year that
lead paint inspections were necessary, the city
did not disclose the reason: It had stopped
doing the required tests four years earlier.
My brokerage company has been involved in over 100 transactions on properties built before 1978 and I have never had a client
do a
lead based
paint inspection.
Do inspections test
led paint levels?
The
inspection can often bring up unpleasantries that you didn't know existed, the worst of which could be
lead paint or asbestos, which you're required to remove.