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The city Housing Authority’s re-inspections of its apartments for lead paint are still flawed and leave kids “at serious risk,” a lawyer for some tenants says in new court papers.
NYCHA insists that the new inspections are doing the job, after it was accused of not only lying about examining thousands of families’ homes but also using unqualified workers in other cases.
But lawyer Corey Stern, who is repping some moms whose kids have tested positive for lead poisoning, wrote in the Manhattan court papers, “The deficiencies observed by our experts are violations of the industry standard for lead-based paint inspections, and as such defendants continue to put young children in New York City public housing at serious risk.”
Stern had the company TRC Environmental Corp. shadow eight of the city’s inspections, which were carried out by ATC Group Services, on Dec. 4 and 5.
During those checks, ATC’s workesr didn’t even open closets or move furniture to check for damaged paints, Stern says in his letter.
Residents are at “imminent risk of irreparable harm,” Stern said.
Stern asked Manhattan federal Judge William Pauley to hold a hearing on the matter while asking for a temporary restraining order to stop any further inspections and to have the city re-inspect every building built before 1978.
The city has already recently conducted nearly 9,000 inspections.
The ATC Group declined to comment.



