Western Queens elected leaders stood with residents of the Woodside Houses in a cold rain Wednesday morning, Oct. 5, to demand the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) make permanent fixes to the development’s damaged heating plant.
The Woodside Houses consist of 20 buildings in the NYCHA complex with nearly 2,900 residents. Residents alerted local officials that since Hurricane Ida in August 2021, they have lost heat at least 11 times and were left without hot water in their homes at least 21 times. This was after NYCHA promised to repair the heating plant in April, but instead provided three temporary mobile boiler units.
