Some residents at a NYCHA complex in Queens have been without cooking gas for five months. GainerTV spoke to residents about how they've been managing and has a response from NYCHA.
Seventy-seven-year-old Cristina Lara hasn't had cooking gas since May and is barely eating.
"Coffee and bread. Sometimes we have to go outside and spend money in eating," Lara told CBS2's Alice Gainer."And some days, we don't eat. No, because I don't have the money to spend.""We need the gas to cook a decent meal. The holidays are coming, and that upset me so much," Lara said."Imagine trying to prepare breakfast or dinner for a whole family," said Tenant Association President Bridget Marachilan.
NYCHA claims it's been keeping residents informed of the restoration timeline. A spokesperson says the outage is"due to a leak found off the main line into the building, and a broken stack in the basement that caused sewage flooding conditions needed to be repaired before the asbestos work could commence."
Asbestos work was completed in September, and now it's"in the permitting phase of restoration prior to construction." "They're not giving us real clear answers, and what do they plan to do to get this fixed?" Councilwoman Sandra Ung said."They were saying there was apparently a day care center here that they need to move for things to happen, however this issue has been happening since May 1st, and this is like, we're five months in now.""I'm a little leery so what's going to happen? When's our gas going to be back on?" Marachilan said.
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