The Federal monitor charged with overseeing reforms at the Housing Authority in a Nov. 1 report praised the agency for its progress in eliminating its most-serious pest problems but worried that a change in work schedules meant to speed repairs actually had the opposite effect in some developments.
In his first report released this past July, Bart Schwartz wrote that NYCHA had little chance of meeting deadlines to eliminate unsafe and unsanitary conditions such as mold, pests and lead paint in part because it was severely understaffed. He also previously criticized the agency for not doing enough to determine which apartments had young children either living in or frequently visiting them.
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