City officials responded on Friday night after unsafe levels of arsenic were detected in drinking water at the Jacob Riis Houses.City officials responded on Friday night after unsafe levels of arsenic were detected in drinking water at the Jacob Riis Houses.New York City officials are warning tenants of the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village not to drink the tap water, after water testing revealed unsafe levels of arsenic, Mayor Eric Adams’ office confirmed Saturday.
“The city has taken immediate action, including providing support and drinking water to every household at Riis while we conduct additional water testing,” he said. “We are communicating with residents [of the] Riis Houses and will continue to share the most up-to-date information available. These concerns are limited only to Riis Houses at this time – New Yorkers throughout the city can continue drinking and using tap water as they usually do.
“We apologize for the inconvenience,” the signs read. “The health and safety of residents is our top priority.”
Why did they wait over TWO WEEKS NYCMayor clown
How high?
wow. criminal. isn't that close to the Con Ed complex..
Interesting. Reporter finds no need to mention proximity of Jacob Riis housing to the completely eviscerated EastRiverPark with known toxic materials and violent destruction of 700+ mature, healthy, purifying, life giving, trees. 🙄🙄🙄😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤯🤯🤯
and just a mere 5 weeks ago Eric was urging all NYC residents to drink up. How quickly things change
Community members have been calling for protections against ESCR demolition and contaminants such as arsenic for months. The NYCDDC report from 2019 showed the potential danger. SoilFoil
But I thought theMayor said that the water is safe!?!
I’ll bet it is all over the city
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