The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has accused the city’s housing authority of breaking state laws last summer after a contractor disturbed potentially toxic soil at the Jacob ...

LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — First, there were concerns about the water; now it’s the soil under the Jacob Riis Houses on the Lower East Side. The New York State Department of Environmental ...

EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The New York City Mayor's Office said Friday that the lab that originally found arsenic in the water at a NYCHA housing complex has issued a full retraction. The lab ...

The water supply at the Riis Houses in Manhattan was declared free of arsenic late Wednesday — but the city is still discouraging residents at the public housing complex from using their taps because ...

The New York City Housing Authority bungled its response to concerns about the water at the Jacob Riis Houses in Manhattan two years ago, causing “unquantifiable stress” for residents, according to a ...

A recent report from the NYC Department of Investigation confirmed that no arsenic was detected in the water at the Jacob Riis Houses in 2022. This situation caused significant anxiety among residents ...

The department’s investigation seemed to reveal two key points about how the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) handled water concerns at Jacob Riis Houses in 2022: 1. There was no arsenic in the ...