To: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg: Get the Lights On and the Mold Out!
PICO National Network
Please expand the NYC Rapid Repairs Program immediately to return heat and electricity, and remove mold, from all affected homes by December 31.
Why is this important?
More than a month after Hurricane Sandy, thousands of families in New York neighborhoods are still without heat, light or hot water.
The delays in getting repairs to hardest-hit neighborhoods have resulted in a mounting mold problem. (Current mold issues are compounded for public housing residents who have dealt with city neglect on this issue more broadly for years.)
Despite promises by officials, the re-building effort is too small and too slow. As of last week, more than 10,000 homes were still without electricity, and more than 8,500 families were still waiting for home assessments to be completed so they could start repairs.
Thousands of families need action. They need electricity, heat and help with mold clean-up – and they need it now.
Please join our petition to ask Mayor Bloomberg to expand the Rapid Repairs Program to include getting the electricity and heat turned on for all families currently on the waiting list by December 31 and to expanding the program to cover mold remediation.
Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN)
Center for Popular Democracy
Community Voices Heard
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Make the Road New York
New York Communities for Change
Occupy Faith
Occupy Sandy
PICO National Network
Queens Congregations United for Action
SEIU 1199
The delays in getting repairs to hardest-hit neighborhoods have resulted in a mounting mold problem. (Current mold issues are compounded for public housing residents who have dealt with city neglect on this issue more broadly for years.)
Despite promises by officials, the re-building effort is too small and too slow. As of last week, more than 10,000 homes were still without electricity, and more than 8,500 families were still waiting for home assessments to be completed so they could start repairs.
Thousands of families need action. They need electricity, heat and help with mold clean-up – and they need it now.
Please join our petition to ask Mayor Bloomberg to expand the Rapid Repairs Program to include getting the electricity and heat turned on for all families currently on the waiting list by December 31 and to expanding the program to cover mold remediation.
Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN)
Center for Popular Democracy
Community Voices Heard
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Make the Road New York
New York Communities for Change
Occupy Faith
Occupy Sandy
PICO National Network
Queens Congregations United for Action
SEIU 1199