| On Mold In NYC Housing Projects COVID
Is Blamed For No Repairs In SDNY Hearing
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 16 – In a case
filed in 2013 about mold in
the NYCHA housing projects
injuring those with asthma and
others, on June 16, 2020 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge William H. Pauley III
held a proceeding.
Inner City Press
covered it.
On the agenda,
the Independent Mold Analyst.
Judge Pauley began with a
righteous Rest in Peace for
two professors in the case,
victims of
COVID-19.
Then plaintiffs'
lawyer said there are
outstanding issues that
require special master:
installing roof fans, for
example. There has been a
back-sliding by NYCHA. This is
made worse by the
co-morbidities of mold and
asthma with COVID-19. We have
confidence in former
Magistrate Judge Francis as
the special
master.
NYCHA's outside
counsel Miriam Skolnik said,
The roof fans will be
replaced, but it requires that
fans in the apartments be
cleaned laterally. But tenants
don't want people in, due to
COVID. We circulated the leak
standard procedure, it's a
collaborative effort... We'd
like to avoid costs of a
Special Master if the court
believes that's do-able.
Judge
Pauley asked, What about the
ramp up of the ombudsman
program?
Cesar de
Castro replied, We expect to
be NYCHA portfolio wide by the
end of July. Brooklyn is
largest, we expect
calls.
Plaintiffs' lawyer says most
people had no idea that the
NYCHA Ombudsman even existed.
So appointment of a Special
Master make it more likely
residents know their rights.
Judge Pauley said he'll take
it all under advisement,
wished all participants to
stay safe.
The case is Baez
et al v. New York City Housing
Authority, 13-cv-8916
(Pauley).
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