Samples show no arsenic in water at Jacob Riis Houses despite sick residents: NYCHA

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Samples show no arsenic in water at Jacob Riis Houses despite sick residents: NYCHA
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There are growing concerns about the drinking water at a housing project in Manhattan, after a resident says she ended up in the hospital with symptoms of arsenic poisoning.

New York City officials insist there's no water problem at NYCHA's Jacob Riis houses in East Village, just as they insisted there wasEyewitness News got an exclusive, firsthand look inside the Jacob Riis Houses Community Center as Mayor Eric Adams stopped by Tuesday afternoon. In an attempt to assure residents that there was no arsenic in the water, he chugged a glass of water straight from the tap.

"There is not and was never any arsenic in the water supply at Riis Houses," a NYCHA spokesperson said in a statement. "NYCHA tested over 500 water samples and they all met the water quality standard for arsenic and conclusively show that there is no water quality concern in the drinking water at Riis Houses.

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