>> UP NOT DOUGLAS FORD,

METROFOCUS.

NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HOUSE

SOMETHING CRUMBLING ACCORDING TO

THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, SO IS

THEIR HEALTH.

TENANTS LIVING IN NYCHA

CONTROLLED APARTMENTS HAVE TO

DEAL WITH LINGERING EFFECTS OF

LEAKING CEILINGS, MOLD,

VERBATIMEN AND ROACH

INFESTATIONS HAVING A COLLECTIVE

ILL EFFECT ON WELL BEING.

MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE, MANY

OCCUPANTS ENDURED WIRND WITHOUT

HEAT DUE TO TROVE MUCH BROKEN

BOILERS.

TENANTS LOW INCOME ADVOCATES AND

CITY OFFICIALS BLAMED PLACED

BLAME WITH NIECH AIF LEADER.

.

MORE THAN CONCERNING THAN

ASSIGNING BLAME ARE THE

LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS ON THE

400,000 PEOPLE CALLING NYCHA

APARTMENTS HOME.

AS PART OF THE INITIATIVE

CHASING THE THE TREEM POVERTY,

EQUITY AND AMERICA.

WE SPOKE TO THOSE WHO FEEL THAT

NIECH AIF CONTROLLED UNITS ARE

MAKING PEOPLE SFLIEK WHEN YOU

WAKE UP AND HAVE TO SMELL HOLD

EVERY DAY.

THE TOILET ISN'T WORKING.

YOU WAKE UP AND COME OUTSIDE,

SEE THE WALL AND TENANTS SAYING

THE THAT THE CHILDREN ARE SICK

OR THEY ARE SICK.

>> SHE LAMENTS ABOUT THE

CONDITIONS IN THE BRONX.

>> I HAVE TWO GRAND KIDS LIVING

WITH ME.

I'M TESTING THEM FOR LEAD AT

THEIR PHYSICALS.

>> SHE AND A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS

TOOK ME ON A TOUR SHOWING ME

ISSUE AFTER THE ISSUEN TO THE

IT'S TAKING.

>> A NUMBER OF OF THE YOUTH BORN

IN THE BUILD BUILDING HAVE

RESPIRATORY ISSUES LATER

DIAGNOSED AS ASTHMA.

>> ONE RESIDENT SHOWED ME HEAR

WATER SOAK THE PRESIDENT FRAPT A

LEAKY CEILING.

>> MOLD, MOLD, MOLD.

>> IT'S ALL OVER THE APARTMENTS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT JUST

GROWS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

>> IT WAS SUCH A BAD LEAK THAT

THEY WERE TAKING IT DOWN AND

THEY WERE -- THEY HAD TO KNOCK

IT DOWN AND CLOSE THE WATER

BECAUSE THE -- IT WAS JUST

COMING DOWN IN GUSH.

THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF HER MIRROR

AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD

HERE.

AND THIS IS THE RESULTS OF WHAT

THEY DONE AND HAVE -- AND

HAVEN'T BEEN BACK.

>> HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS?

>> THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR

ABOUT SIX MONTHS ALREADY.

>> THIS IS FROM SIX MONTHS AGO.

>> SIX MONTHS AGO.

>> THE WET AND DAMP CONDITIONS

ARE A PERFECT BREDDING GROUND

FOR MOLD.

THE GAPING HOLE FROM INCOMPLETE

WORK IN THE KITCHEN HERE AND IN

THE BATHROOM.

>> HOW WOULD YOU TAKE A SHOWER

WHEN A WALL IS IS NOT HERE?

>> WELL I DO THE BEST I CAN.

I JUST TAKE THE SHOWER -- I TAKE

MY SHOWER.

AND THE WATER HITS THE BAG.

SO THAT'S HOW WE TAKE A SHOWER.

>> NO MATTER WHAT WE PAY WE ARE

ALL HUMAN FIRST.

AND THEN THE REST.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE

THAT WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND

ENTITLED TO QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS

NIECH AIF CAME IN AND MADE

RERPTS AT AMSTERDAM HOUSES IN

MANHATTAN WORK IS UNDER WAY TO

REPLACE THE ROOF.

IN THE BAILEY HOUSES THIS

CEILING AND WALL IN THE HAL

WHERE A ARE BEING PATCHED.

BUT THOSE ONLY ADDRESS A SMALL

FRACTION OF THE PROBLEMS PLAYING

THE BUILDS ACROSS THE CITY.

EARLIER WE VISITED THE RED FERN

HOUSES IN QUEENS.

>> YOU CAN SMELL THE MOLD AS YOU

ENTER THE BUILDING.

THIS DOESN'T NEED A TICKET.

THE PRIMARY THING IS THAT AIN'T

OVERNIGHT.

THAT LOOKS LIKE BREAD MOLD TOO.

>> IT HAS SHORT TERM AND LONG

ARE LONG-TERM HEALTH

EFFECTUATES.

>> DR. LORINA THORPE IS AT THE

NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND

COMPLETED EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON

RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE HOUSING

AND RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR

HEALTH.

SHE HAS BEEN PART OF A TWO

REPORTS ON A TOPIC ONE IN 2012

AND THE LATEST IN 2015.

SHE SAYS SHORT EXPOSURE TO

CONDITIONS CAN HAVE AN IMPACT

AND PRO LONGED EXPOSURE MAKES IT

WORSE AND IS A DETRIMENT TO

MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS

PHYSICAL HEALTH.

>> IF YOU'RE LIVING WITH

EXPOSURE TO MOLD, LEAD, PEST

INFESTATION, IT CAN IMPACT ON

DEVELOPING DISEASE RESPIRATORY

PROBLEMS, AND THEY CAN ALSO OVER

TIME COMPOUND WITH JUST THE

STRESS OF LIVING IN AN

ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT HEALTHY

AND UNCOMFORTABLE AND GENERALLY

NOT A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR

AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY.

>> DR. THORPE'S DESCRIPTION OF

SPLS MILES AN HOUR ARE THE

COMPLAINT.

THE MOLD MICE AND MEL DUE CAN BE

IDENTIFIED.

BUT THE UNSEEN STRESS IS

PROBLEMATIC.

>> WHEN YOU COME HOME AND WANT

TO SIT DOWN AND PROBABLY READ A

MAGAZINE OR WATCH SOME TV AND

YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LEAKS

AND YOUR TOILET OVERFLOWING.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PEACE.

YOUR PEACE IS ALWAYS COMPROMISED

HERE.

>> BAILEY HOUSE RESIDENTS HAVE

BEEN TRYING TO TAKE A PROACTIVE

ROLE.

THE THE BOARD HAS PARTNERED WITH

COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ADDRESS

CONCERNS AND DOCUMENT ISSUES.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE COURSE OF

INSANITY COMPLAINTS ARE GETTING

ATTENTION.

GOVERNOR CUOMO VISITED THE

JACKSON HOUSES IN MARCH TO SEE

THE SINS.

HE DLIECLARED A STATE OF

EMERGENCY.

>> AS THE CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE

OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

NEW YORK, I AM SORRY FOR THE

CONDITIONS THAT YOU ARE DEALING

WITH.

I AM TELLING YOU THAT NO

RESPECTABLE NEW YORKER WOULD

TAKE A WALK THROUGH THAT

APARTMENT AND ALLOW IT TO

CONTINUE.

>> THE GOVERNOR ALOINDICATED

$250 MILLION IN STATE FUNDS TO

THE AGENCY AND APPOINTED AN

INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO OVERSEE

HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT.

A SHAKE-UP IN LEADERSHIP IS

COMING TO.

THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING

AUTHORITY IS STEPPING DOWN AT

THE END OF THE APRIL.

SHARLENE NIMDS FOUNDING OF THE

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES SAYS SHE

IS OPTIMISTIC.

>> IF IT WASN'T PEOPLE LIKE YOU,

YOU KNOW, METROFOCUS AND OTHER

MEDIA OUTLETS THEY WOULD HAVE

ALREADY GONE BACK AND SAT DOWN

AND BEEN STATUS -- YOU KNOW THE

STATUS QUO, THE SAME AS USUAL.

WE'RE NOW SAYING TIME HAS

CHANGED.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT

THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS ARE

HEARD.