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Cancer-Causing Chemicals Still Lurk Under NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses, 19 Years After Detection

NYCHA workers installed pipes in the ground to try and divert steam from entering a Jacob Riis Houses building.

Nearly 20 years after highly toxic chemicals were found lurking under the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village — and four years after specific cleanup plans were recommended — not one cubic yard of toxic soil has been removed from the site, an investigation by THE CITY has found. Public housing tenants first learned […]

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