The roof isn’t on fire but the money that the Housing Authority used to fix it might as well be, according to a report from City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
NYCHA spent $452 million to replace 715 roofs between Fiscal Years 2000 and 2010, or more than $632,000 per roof. The Comptroller’s Office inspected 35 roofs in 13 NYCHA developments that were replaced during that time-span and were under 20-year warranties. It found that 19 of them had “significant to moderate” poor conditions such as ponding water, soft and spongy spots and damaged masonry, which left them susceptible to mold growth.
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