Woodside Tenants Suffer Without Heat During Deep Freeze

Tenants in one Queens building are dealing without heat as temperatures stay cold in the city. NY1's Michael Herzenberg filed the following report.

"Its very cold in here, you have to go to bed with robes and socks. Thats crazy because there's no heat, said Woodside resident Earlene Jenkins.

Jenkins says her heat doesn't work.

It's not cold in her Woodside Public Houses apartment, but she says that's because she constantly boils water on her stove which fire officials say is unsafe and she uses a space heater.

The pipe in the bathroom is hot to the touch, but the rest of the radiators aren't.

It's much the same scene from the first floor to the sixth floor of her building and Jenkins says she's worried about her 91-year-old father who lives with her.

"How dare they not give my father, 91 years old, heat. How dare they. He has to walk around with robes, she said.

"There's no heat, it's terrible, said her father.

"They said they would come and fix it and nothing has been about it, said resident Luis Bernal. They did come but they said everything would be fine and they're still no heat at all.

NYCHA says building 31-49 was experience gas pressure problem that has been fixed. Officials say they will continue to check on the apartments but residents are skeptical of any real improvements.

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Woodside Tenants Suffer Without Heat During Deep Freeze