A Dream Deferred: Housing is Health (Episode 3)

Eleven years ago, Shelevya Pearson brought her newborn daughter Sakajawia home to NYCHA. Now, Shelevya claims that NYCHA’s poor maintenance has played a role in her daughter’s health conditions. Unfortunately, with children hospitalizations for asthma being higher in Brownsville than the rest of New York City, their story is not uncommon.