Residents of a New York City public housing complex have been told not to drink or cook with water from their taps after testing revealed unsafe levels of arsenic, Mayor Eric Adams’ office said.
Adams stopped by the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village on Friday night to meet with tenants about the situation. The complex, run by the New York City Housing Authority, is home to more than 2,500 people.
“NYCHA immediately initiated water testing in August after receiving reports of cloudy water at Riis Houses,” a spokesperson for the mayor’s office said Saturday in an email.
