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Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side: NYC expects water test results soon for Jacob Riis Houses

By Kevin Duggan Posted on September 5, 2022
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Mayor Eric Adams meets with residents of the Jacob Riis Houses on the Lower East Side after arsenic was found in the drinking water there on Sept. 2, 2022. Photo courtesy of NYC Mayoral Photography Unit.

The city is waiting for results on another set of water tests at the Jacob Riis public housing complex where officials found arsenic contamination late last week.

Residents at the New York City Housing Authority campus on the Lower East Side have had to drink and cook with bottled water since a report by the news site The City revealed Friday that city officials found the toxic chemical in the tap water a day earlier.

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Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side: NYC expects water test results soon for Jacob Riis Houses

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