Mayor Adams announced Saturday that the city has concluded the water at the Riis Houses is safe. And to prove that, he drank a glass of water from a sink at one of the complex’s units.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan drink tap water from a sink at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village. Residents of the public housing complex had been warned not to drink the water due to claims of the water being contaminated with arsenic.New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan drink tap water from a sink at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village.
“We can confidently say the water at Riis Houses is and has been free of any discernible amount of arsenic since the initial tests were initiated in August and meets EPA standards,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement on Saturday. And to prove that, Adams visited the Riis Houses on Saturday afternoon to drink a glass of water from a sink at one of the sprawling complex’s units.
“Nothing’s better than New York City water,” Adams said before drinking an entire glass of water with Ashwin Vasan, the city health commissioner.“We’re just here to make sure people know I’m drinking it. The water is safe to drink,” he said.
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