Residents of Jamie Towers, a Mitchell-Lama cooperative in the Soundview neighborhood built in 1966, say their tap water is brown and sulfurous, with no resolution in sight despite years of battling management both in and out of court.
In Maxine Breeden’s apartment at 2070 Seward Avenue—one of four buildings in the development—the water quality was poor enough to prompt the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to issue three class C violations on Jan. 9. Inspectors documented “discolored water” flowing from the kitchen, bathroom sink, and bathtub faucets, according to agency records. Class C violations, the most severe category, are deemed immediately hazardous and required correction by Jan. 16.
