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.
NYCHA stopped doing required annual lead
paint inspections in 2012 in violation of local law and federal regulations.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
Olatoye has come under fire
in recent months for conditions
in NYCHA developments, as well as providing false information regarding lead
paint inspections and misleading testimony at a City Council hearing.
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.
On November 15, the DOI released the results of an investigation detailing how NYCHA failed to inspect for the hazardous
paint at its public housing facilities, and also submitted false documentation to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) stating that the agency was
in compliance with federal laws requiring the
inspections to be performed.
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.
To help with
inspections, the city has a contract with a firm that conducts lead
paint testing and risk assessments
in homes.
A city Department of Investigation report
in November revealed that Olatoye had falsely certified
inspections for lead -
paint hazards
in roughly 55,000 apartments.
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.
The Trump administration is curbing New York City's ability to spend money on major repairs to its public housing stock
in its first major response to deteriorating conditions
in the city's public housing and a scandal over false paperwork the city submitted about lead
paint inspections.
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer has issued nine reports on the New York City Housing Authority since taking office
in 2014, and none uncovered the agency's failure to perform lead -
paint inspections for four years, a NY Post analysis found.
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.
Inspections have turned up numerous instances of dangerous lead -
paint levels
in the city's public housing.
Despite the revelations by the DOI, the mayor claimed the city was «open» about the four - year lapse
in inspections for lead
paint.
The Erie County Health Department has concentrated its
inspections for lead
paint to houses
in at - risk neighborhoods where children live.
As he gains traction, the other Democrats
in the race have stepped up to
paint him as anti-abortion because he voted for a state law that required stricter regulations and
inspections of abortion clinics.
A Department of Investigation probe revealed that Olatoye falsely certified, to federal regulators,
inspections for lead
paint hazards
in about 55,000 units.
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...
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.
NYCHA has come under fire
in the last few weeks for failing to perform required lead
paint inspections and relying on untrained workers to inspect and remediate apartments for the toxic substance.
Residents of Red Hook Houses
in Brooklyn got «breach of lease» notices after NYCHA found lead
paint during
inspections.
Even after NYCHA officials discovered
in mid-2016 that they had been violating city and federal laws requiring lead
paint inspections since late 2012, they never informed tenants about the dangerous lapse.
During a Dec. 5 Council hearing on NYCHA's longstanding failure to perform required lead
paint inspections, Olatoye stated under oath that 4,200
inspections performed
in 2016 had been completed by NYCHA workers with federally required certification.
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.
«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.
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.
In the 1980s, during an
inspection of a
painting known as The Virgin and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Paul, believed to date from the 1400s, a chemical analysis of a tiny chip of
paint found a nasty surprise: zinc.
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They help
paint the picture of what you, the home inspector, might find
in your daily
inspection work.
Masonry and framing work is completed; electrical and plumbing
inspections have been passed; drywall and
painting work has begun; and we are on schedule for completion
in February 2018.
Upon closer
inspection, you'll see the fireball reflected
in his clothing, and we haven't seen many
paint defects.
Upon closer
inspection, the works reveal idiosyncrasies: light sources, perspectives, points of view, croppings, distinguish these
paintings and place them
in a contemporary context.
These playful fantasy realms are upon closer
inspection macabre theaters of politics and war: watercolor
paint bloodies the canvas, and sinister global machinations play out
in abstracted landscapes populated by faceless figures and dominated by oil refineries and labyrinthine pipelines.