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Heating outages and repairs at NYCHA developments
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Council Member Mealy inquires about heating outages and repairs, focusing on the situation at Van Dyke 2 in Brownsville, Brooklyn. NYCHA representative Keith Grossman provides information on current outages and response times.
- 93 heating outages reported from October 1st to December 12th
- Discrepancy between NYCHA's records and Council Member's knowledge of ongoing issues at Van Dyke 2
- Discussion on the difference between building-wide outages and in-apartment heating issues
- Commitment to follow up on the Van Dyke 2 situation after the hearing
Darlene Mealy
1:01:16
Okay.
1:01:16
Because, that's the easy way to get our tenants out, when and especially if they're older adults.
1:01:22
And, please follow-up with that.
1:01:27
And you said that 93 of the heating outage was taken care of?
Keith Grossman
1:01:36
Yeah.
1:01:36
So, year to date from October 1st to December 12th, actually, we had 93 heating outages.
Darlene Mealy
1:01:42
Do you still have any out out outages?
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1:01:47
Do we
Keith Grossman
1:01:47
have any outages currently?
1:01:49
Now.
1:01:50
I can follow-up with you in 2 seconds.
Darlene Mealy
1:01:53
Because y'all say y'all have a list and I know Van Dyke too.
1:01:57
Been almost out a year.
1:02:00
One whole line.
1:02:01
And I was just there Saturday and they said it's still out.
1:02:05
So what is your where's your
Keith Grossman
1:02:07
I'm sorry.
1:02:07
What property is it?
Darlene Mealy
1:02:08
Van Dyke 2.
Keith Grossman
1:02:09
Van Dyke 2.
Darlene Mealy
1:02:10
In Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Keith Grossman
1:02:13
Yeah.
1:02:13
And again, Van Dyke 2 is not a current outage for us, so we're we may or may not be seeing issues.
1:02:19
If you have a if you have an if you have
Darlene Mealy
1:02:21
bond is still out almost a whole year.
Keith Grossman
1:02:24
No.
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Absolutely.
1:02:25
So, again, resin
Darlene Mealy
1:02:26
Just there Friday.
Keith Grossman
1:02:27
I understand that.
1:02:28
Yeah.
1:02:28
Resident complaints and and in apartment issues versus outages.
1:02:33
I just wanna clarify again that it's in within an apartment, those are handled differently than the entire building
Darlene Mealy
1:02:38
block.
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Heater.
1:02:39
They don't have heat.
Keith Grossman
1:02:41
Okay.
Darlene Mealy
1:02:41
So I would love to follow-up with that.
1:02:44
And you and I'm loving you saying 8 and a half hours or 48 hours, a outage would be taken care of.
Keith Grossman
1:02:51
Oh, it's we haven't So
Darlene Mealy
1:02:52
I have Van Dyke too been out for months.
Keith Grossman
1:02:57
Yeah.
1:02:58
And and absolutely, we're gonna we're gonna follow-up with you after that hearing after the hearing again.
Renee Keitt
1:03:02
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