Chased by Sandy, Caught by Mold
The Santana family left one NYCHA apartment after Superstorm Sandy, only to be moved to another filled with mold.
The Santana family left one NYCHA apartment after Superstorm Sandy, only to be moved to another filled with mold.
A recent lawsuit filed by residents of the Castle Hill Houses underscores the woes faced by many public housing tenants.
Residents of the Bronx' Castle Hill Houses sued the city, seeking repairs of moldy bathrooms, leaky pipes and broken elevators.
Fed-up public housing tenants gave NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye an earful over everything from heat outages to the spread of mold.
City Housing Authority plumbers pull in big bucks amid moisture-driven mold crisis and a repair backlog.
Many NYCHA tenants report suffering from respiratory woes as science increasingly points to a mold-asthma link.
SPECIAL REPORT: A year after the city promised a clean-up, the toxic scourge continues to plague many public housing residents.