The New York City Housing Authority has notified federal officials that a pandemic-triggered shortfall in rent collection is threatening its ability to meet a schedule of apartment fixes mandated by a 2019 court-approved agreement, THE CITY has learned.
NYCHA federal monitor Bart Schwartz speaks at a City Council hearing, Jan. 16, 2020. | John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit
The agreement set timelines for fixing busted boilers and non-functioning elevators, and eradicating toxic mold, poisonous lead paint and vile vermin from NYCHA properties. It was signed by NYCHA officials, then-HUD Secretary Benjamin Carson, the Manhattan U.S. attorney and then-Mayor Bill de Blasio. One of its provisions was the appointment of the federal monitor., HUD and the U.S.
“We should have $443 million that we would spend on operations and the HUD pillar areas, and we don’t have that,” said NYCHA Chief Financial Officer Annika Lescott-Martinez.It’s going to be hard for us to continue the pace of our investment. It’s a financial strain. We’re limited on what we can do and how fast we can do it.
The 2019 agreement, for example, sets out goals to replace aging boiler systems that have often crashed during cold spells, forcing residents to shiver through heat outages that sometimes lasted for days. As a result, thousands more units have been tested and cleaned. When the agreement was signed in 2019, only 3,000 units had been tested. Through October this year, 24,000 apartments have been checked for lead.
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