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    HPD Announces Settlement with Building Owner to Fix Lead Paint Violations at Four Buildings in the Bronx and Queens

    Department of Housing Preservation & Development  •  Lead-Based Paint Violations  •  The Bronx and Queens

    90-60 179th Place, one of the four impacted properties, had over 20 lead-based paint violations. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    The four impacted buildings have over 200 households. On August 19, 2021, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced a settlement agreement with a building owner for the correction of lead-based paint violations across four buildings in the Bronx and Queens. The four buildings are 1585 White Plains Road and 58 East 190th Street in the Bronx, and 90-60 179th Place and 150-02 88th Avenue in Queens. The building owner, Ved Parkash, will be responsible for correcting the violations under an Order to Correct by August 29th and must pay $60,000 in civil penalties for violations under Local Law 1 of 2004.  (more…)

    Date: 08/24/2021
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    NYCHA Begins Lead Paint Testing at Bronx River Houses Development.

    New York City Housing Authority  •  Lead Removal  •  Soundview, Bronx

    Image Credit: NYCHA.

    The lead paint testing initiative comes from the City’s plans to eliminate childhood lead exposure and improve quality of living in public housing. On March 15, 2019, the New York City Housing Authority announced that it will be accelerating its new lead-based paint testing plan at the Bronx River Houses located in the Soundview section of the Bronx. The Bronx River Houses is one of the first set of developments NYCHA will begin testing in April, along with Harlem River and Williamsburg Houses. The lead paint testing initiative is part of the City’s LeadFreeNYC plan, a plan to eliminate childhood lead exposure. For CityLand’s prior coverage of LeadFreeNYC, click here.

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    Tags : Bronx, Lead removal, New York City Housing Authority, soundview
    Date: 03/26/2019
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    City Council Reacts to Lead Paint Ruling by Court of Appeals; Hearing Next Week

    City Council  •  Lead Paint  •  Citywide
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    Council Member Daniel Dromm. Image Credit: William Alatriste for the City Council.

    City Council to have hearing on a bill to define “residency” in the City’s Lead Law in response to a decision by the Court of Appeals. In April 2016, the New York State Court of Appeals found that a landlord has no duty to remove lead paint from residences where children six-years or younger may spend time when the child does not live in the apartment. The Court found that a child spending in excess of 50 hours a week in an apartment did not trigger the landlord’s duty. Yaniveth R. v. LTD Realty Co., 27 N.Y.3d 186 (N.Y. Apr. 5, 2016). (more…)

    Tags : Council Member Daniel Dromm, Council Member Inez Barron, Council Member Rafael Espinal Jr, Court of Appeals, Lead Paint
    Date: 06/13/2017
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    HPD Changes to Stricter Definition of Lead-Based Paint, Expecting Increase in Lead Violations

    Department of Housing Preservation & Development  •  Lead-Based Paint Violations  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: NYC HPD

    The reduction is expected to lead to an increase of surfaces found with lead and an increase in violations issued. On December 30, 2021, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced a change in the standard defining what paint counts as “lead-based,” creating the strictest standard in the nation. The new definition amends the concentration of lead found in paint allowed from 1.0 milligrams of lead per square centimeter of paint or similar surface coating to only 0.5 milligrams, cutting the allowable amounts of lead found in paint in half. The change has been in effect as of December 1, 2021.  (more…)

    Tags : Lead Paint, Lead-based paint, lead-based paint violations, LeadFreeNYC
    Date: 01/12/2022
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    Lead poisoning claim goes to trial

    CityLaw  •  Lead Poisoning  •  Mount Hope, Bronx

    1727-29 Walton Avenue. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    Parent of two and one-half-year-old child found with elevated lead levels sued landlord. On September 13, 2004, a two and one-half-year-old child was diagnosed with lead poisoning after a test revealed his blood lead level to be four times greater than the City’s guideline.  The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tested the child’s apartment located at 1727-29 Walton Avenue in the Bronx and discovered 47 positive findings of lead paint and 29 readings which showed the apartment’s paint in poor condition.  The child had been living in the hazardous apartment with his adoptive mother since he was two weeks old. (more…)

    Date: 09/21/2021
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