Traces of arsenic were found in the drinking water at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses in Manhattan on Friday, city officials said.
The alarming discovery was revealed after the city received complaints earlier in August about the cloudy state of the water at the massive East Village development, according to City Hall.
The news was first reported by The City, which said NYCHA officials were aware of the arsenic-tainted water from testing two weeks ago, but failed to take action until Friday.
But New York City Housing Authority spokesperson Barbara Brancaccio denied to The Post that initial testing detected arsenic and City Hall said they only learned of the situation Friday upon receiving results from additional water testing.
“We don’t drink their water. It kind of smells. When they turn it off and it comes back on, it’s brown,” Barbosa reportedly said on Friday night.
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