NY1 For You: Heat Restored for Freezing Bed-Stuy Tenants

As the city continues to deal with bitterly cold temperatures, one Brooklyn tenant battles to get heat in his apartment. NY1s Susan Jhun filed the following NY1 For You report.

"It's just inhumane, said Bed-Stuy tenant Tracy Berkley.

Cold to be precise, just plain cold. That's the condition Berkley has been living in for the past couple of months.

"Since November 1, I've been without heat. There was a fire in the building, said Berkley.

Which has left the asthmatic renter in the cold using any means to stay warm.

"During the day I've got the oven on and I've got the electric heaters on and I've got blankets, said Berkley.

And at night, Berkley says he gets little sleep since he worries about the electric heaters catching on fire.

Berkley says the building's manager refuses to turn the new boiler on to provide heat. Tenants have an order to vacate at the end of the month due to unsafe conditions but until then they say they n eed heat.

"I want the heat on until I have to leave. If the owner is not interested in turning the heat on for the sixty days that he's giving me then pay my broker's fee and pay my first and last months security and I'll move out tomorrow, said Berkley.

We contacted the manager for the building and he told us even though a new boiler was installed and heat can be provided, the pipeline size is not big enough for the boiler, cooking gas and hot water heater. He says he knows that it's cold and that's why he's encouraging tenants to move out.

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NY1 For You: Heat Restored for Freezing Bed-Stuy Tenants