Chasing the Dream
Episode 3: Housing is Health
Season 2019 Episode 3 | 6m 56s
A mother from NYCHA believes that the buildings have affected her daughter's health.
Eleven years ago Shelevya Pearson brought her daughter home from the hospital to NYCHA. Now, she claims that living in public housing has led to her daughter’s respiratory problems. Unfortunately, with children hospitalizations for asthma being higher in Brownsville than the rest of New York City, their story is not uncommon.
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Chasing the Dream is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation, with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.
Chasing the Dream
Episode 3: Housing is Health
Season 2019 Episode 3 | 6m 56s
Eleven years ago Shelevya Pearson brought her daughter home from the hospital to NYCHA. Now, she claims that living in public housing has led to her daughter’s respiratory problems. Unfortunately, with children hospitalizations for asthma being higher in Brownsville than the rest of New York City, their story is not uncommon.
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Chasing the Dream is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation, with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.