Sentences with phrase «lead paint inspections of»

De Blasio announced the trip Monday — the same day he finally took questions on why the city failed, for years, to follow its own laws and federal rules requiring lead paint inspections of public housing apartments.

Last year authority managers admitted that for years NYCHA had misled the federal housing agency that funds most of its operations by falsely claiming it had performed all required lead paint inspections of its aging apartments.

Public Advocate Letitia James has launched her own investigation into the Housing Authority's failure to perform required lead paint inspections of its aging apartments.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James has launched her own investigation into the Housing Authority's failure to perform required lead paint inspections of its aging apartments, bringing the number of probes into this issue to three.

Not exact matches

The group pointed to the revelations that NYCHA submitted false certifications for lead paint inspections in recent years and that 80 percent of NYCHA tenants, or more than 323,000 residents, went without heat or hot water at some point this winter as examples of how NYCHA has allegedly failed to protect the health and safety of its tenants.

NYCHA is not a city agency, but the mayor appoints its board and chairperson — and has been aware for more than two years of NYCHA's longtime noncompliance with required lead paint inspections.

Last year, Olatoye and NYCHA were scrutinized by the federal government for having signed a certification in 2016 attesting that inspections for lead paint in tens of thousands of units had been performed, though they hadn't.

«NYCHA's false reporting on lead paint inspections represents a collapse of credibility in the public mind.

Until the city began concentrated inspections for chipping and peeling lead paint, the task of inspecting at - risk homes in Buffalo fell to the county Health Department.

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.

A city Department of Investigation report in November revealed that Olatoye had falsely certified inspections for lead - paint hazards in roughly 55,000 apartments.

«There's an issue of credibility here,» said the judge — a week after the agency's chair, Shola Olatoye, stepped down amid accusations that she'd lied about lead paint inspections for some 55,000 units.

Walden said he only learned that NYCHA was still using Maximo when he read an April 12 affidavit from an agency adviser, Shireen Riazi Kermani, saying that the authority keeps records of lead - paint inspections on the software system.

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.

Shola Olatoye, the chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, said Tuesday that she's resigning because it's the right time to go, not because of scandals over false lead - paint inspections and failing boilers or looming oversight by the state and federal government.

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.

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.

Thousands of private landlords have successfully tracked lead - paint inspections for more than two decades using a proprietary software program — and now they're offering to share it with the hapless New York City Housing Authority, which has been struggling with compliance issues.

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.

Cuomo has been railing in recent weeks against NYCHA's mounting woes under de Blasio's leadership, including defective boilers that kept residents shivering through winter, mold and a scandal over false claims of lead - paint inspections.

A very small amount of lead paint dust can result in a house failing inspection under federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

NEW YORK — The New York City Housing Authority chair is under fire as the Department of Investigations is looking into allegations that Shola Olatoye lied under oath about lead paint inspections at a City Council meeting, the Daily News reports.

Inspections have turned up numerous instances of dangerous lead - paint levels in the city's public housing.

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.

A Department of Investigation probe revealed that Olatoye falsely certified, to federal regulators, inspections for lead paint hazards in about 55,000 units.

Embattled NYCHA chair Shola Olatoye — who faced strong criticism for her handling of lead paint inspections and poor living conditions — is stepping down from her post, City Hall...

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.

After a four - year gap in inspections, NYC Housing Authority officials found potential lead - paint hazards in 81 percent of the nearly 8,900 apartments housing children under 6 that its employees inspected...

For more than a year, Mayor de Blasio concealed from the public and 400,000 public housing tenants, the city Housing Authority's failure to perform legally mandated lead - paint inspections in thousands of apartments.

In response to the devolving condition of New York's public housing and the recent lead paint inspection scandal, the federal government is taking a firm stance.

David Farber, the authority's general counsel and executive vice president for legal affairs, is the fourth high - ranking official to pack it in amid probes by the Department of Investigation and US Attorney's Office into how the agency handled lead - paint inspections.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio and leaders of the embattled New York City Housing Authority continue to respond to fallout from revelations that NYCHA had failed for years to comply with federal and local laws around lead paint inspections, some elected officials are renewing calls for the state take a more active role in the city's massive public housing system.

The leader of the New York City Housing Authority gave false testimony about lead paint inspections to the City Council last month, according to an explosive letter released the same...

Residents of Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn got «breach of lease» notices after NYCHA found lead paint during inspections.

NYCHA stopped doing required annual lead paint inspections in 2012 in violation of local law and federal regulations.

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.

Embattled NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye returned to the scene of the crime Tuesday, appearing before the same City Council members she'd misinformed about lead paint inspections during a prior hearing under oath.

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.

Shola Olatoye, chairwoman of the Housing Authority, is expected to testify on Tuesday at a City Council hearing looking into how and why the lead paint inspections stopped.

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.

Shola Olatoye has resigned as chair of Nycha after controversy over her handling of lead - paint inspections.

Edmead's ruling from the bench marked a new blow to the beleaguered housing authority as it tries to catch up with four years of missed inspections for toxic lead paint.

That development came after months of back - and - forth between agencies, stemming from the revelation that Nycha had been filing false paperwork to the federal government related to lead - paint inspections.

«While her intentions were never in question, we are long overdue for a fresh start at Nycha,» said the city's public advocate, Letitia James, who had called for Ms. Olatoye's resignation after revelations of false filings over lead paint inspections.

Two weeks ago, after months of criticism over her handling of lead - paint inspection and widespread boiler failures, the chairwoman of the authority, Shola Olatoye, said she was stepping down.

A state judge plans to force the New York City Housing Authority to check for lead paint in thousands of apartments where it neglected such inspections for years.

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.

Currently, only 25 percent of home inspections include an inspection of the interior, which is dismally low considering how widespread lead paint is in our area.

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 thisInspections - 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 thisinspections, of BUYER»S own choosing, and at BUYER»S sole cost within 7 days after SELLER»S acceptance of this agreement.

The inspection of the home revealed «hazardous» levels of lead in the paint, in the soil, and air.