NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer says the physical conditions at New York City Housing Authority buildings have gotten worse over recent years.
Stringer is releasing a report on Monday. It looks at data from the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development and a U.S. Census Bureau survey of housing. The data covers a period from 2002 to 2011.
The report finds that overall, almost all housing in the city was in structurally decent condition in 2011. But it says the public housing had seen increases in issues, especially in comparison to market-rate housing. For example, when it came to heating equipment breakdowns, 11 percent of market-rate buildings had problems in 2011, compared to 27 percent of NYCHA buildings.
Stringer says it’s vital to get funding to improve conditions.
