NYCHA has recently been plagued by a lead paint scandal, as well as problems with heating systems and boilers that
left public housing residents without heat or hot water on some of the coldest days of the winter.
In July 2016, at the courtyard of Pico Aliso
Public Housing, multiple generations of Boyle Heights
residents spoke face to face to the staff of the galleries, including Ethan Swan, the manager of 356 Mission, asking them to
leave.