Anti-Asthma Program – New York City

Program to combat asthma would lean on landlords, By Javier C. Hernandez, May 11, 2010, New York Times: “For decades, public health experts have tried – and mostly failed – to contain an asthma epidemic that afflicts many New Yorkers living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. But now, the City Council hopes to significantly curtail the spread of the lung disease by forcing landlords at some of the most badly maintained buildings to clean up their premises. Under legislation to be introduced on Wednesday, the Council would require owners of 175 apartment buildings to take steps to eliminate garbage, mold and vermin – all factors that have been linked to asthma. If they do not comply, the city would file liens against the properties, effectively billing landlords for the work required…”