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Merchants Capital Provides $104M to Renovate Historic Harlem Houses Development

Program to Test for Lead Paint Launches at Harlem Public Housing

The de Blasio administration has launched an $88-million program to detect lead in paint at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) complexes. The tests to be conducted on 135,000 NYCHA apartments built before 1978 will be carried out with portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.

First to undergo testing are the 574-unit Harlem River Houses (pictured) in Harlem, built in the late 1930s. Seven additional complexes in Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn will be tested beginning May 1, with the schedule for additional properties to be announced in the coming months.

“Public housing residents deserve apartments that are safe and lead-free,” said City Council Member Rory Lancman. “Testing is essential for the city to know exactly which apartments have lead-based paint, and take prompt remedial action.”

The city issued an RFP for testing with XRF analyzers this past December. Seven contractors were selected to carry out the tests.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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