Sentences with phrase «perform lead paint»

Her agency failed to perform lead paint visual assessments for at least half her tenure in office.

City investigators went as far as to recommend an independent integrity monitor to ensure NYCHA is performing lead paint and other inspections, according to a home health aide who frequently works with NYCHA tenants.

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Contractors who perform renovation, repairs, and painting in pre 1978 housing need to have this certification and must take special precautions around paint that may contain lead.

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.

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.

LPPPP performs lead based paint exterior assessments, provides lead education, and other interventions.

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.

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.

In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established... Read more

He continued, «Remodelers and renovators performing work in pre-1978 homes and found to be in non-compliance with the new regulations could face significant fines if a family member living in the dwelling is lead poisoned as a result of unsafe renovations of lead - based paint.»

Countdown Begins on Remodeling, Repairing and Paint Rules «New EPA Regs Aimed at Decreasing Lead Poisoning» In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said toLead Poisoning» In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said tolead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said today.

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.

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.

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.

«Protecting our children from the hazards of lead common in pre-1978 housing has been a high priority of my administration; and while it may take years to provide adequate lead safe housing in our community, there are measures we can take now to reduce children's risks of lead poisoning, including insisting that rental property owners replace or repair older windows and chipping and peeling lead paint and ensuring the work is performed by EPA certified contractors using lead safe work practices,» Picente said.

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.

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A lead testing company can be hired to perform very precise testing of the sheets of your child's bed or crib in order to determine if there is dust on the sheets and if so, — whether the dust contains particles of lead paint.

Under the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule that was finalized in 2010, contractors are required to obtain certification in lead - safe practices before performing renovations on homes built before 1978, when lead - based paint was banLead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule that was finalized in 2010, contractors are required to obtain certification in lead - safe practices before performing renovations on homes built before 1978, when lead - based paint was banlead - safe practices before performing renovations on homes built before 1978, when lead - based paint was banlead - based paint was banned.

Lead paint removal must be performed by a professional and can prove costly.

Additionally, HCIDLA will perform a Lead Based Paint Visual Assessment on the property to identify deteriorated paint in the homes.

The new lead paint laws require any renovation work performed on houses built before 1978 to be performed by a certified contractor.