Elana Levin

“City’s Poor Struggling to Breathe”- read Andrew Friedman in AM-NY

DMI Fellow Andrew Friedman is in amNew York today. Pick up a copy (its free!)
He's writing about his latest study on the asthma crisis afflicting low income neighborhoods.
From the article:

What would you do if you saw a child choking for air? Most of us would try to help.

Sadly, tens of thousands of children in New York City with asthma choke for air every day, in all five boroughs, and our elected officials are doing far too little to help them.

You can read the rest here

As a resident of Williamsburg, a neighborhood that is especially afflicted with this crisis I am very concerned with the government's lack of action to protect people currently doomed to illness by landlord neglect. I've been in what are called "sick buildings" where mold is at levels beyond comprehension and landlords have done nothing to protect their tenants. Visit one. You'll be angry too.

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Posted at 1:16 PM, Feb 09, 2006 in Cities | Environmental Justice | Housing | Media
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