Tenants of a government-run apartment building in Long Beach claim they have lived under unsafe conditions since Hurricane Sandy.
The Long Beach Senior Housing Building, at 415 National Blvd., was flooded during the storm, damaging an elevator and front door, and the Housing Authority that runs the building has failed to make repairs, residents of the building said at a meeting of the Long Island Regional Planning Council, held at Long Beach City Hall on Thursday.
The building is left with one elevator, which has residents concerned about evacuation in a fire strikes, and the electronic security system is compromised, which has allowed people to come in off the street and roam the halls, they said.
Backed by a Hempstead-based activist group, New York Communities for Change, the residents attended the meeting looking to call attention to their plight and get the problems corrected. “Nothing has changed and it seems to be getting worse,” one resident told the council. “I just wish we could get some attention towards us.”
Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, a Long Beach resident who spoke at Thursday’s meeting, said that she would call the officials who oversee the apartment building about their complaints, and encouraged the residents to keep in touch with her. She noted that her office also plans to look into issues at all the high-rise buildings throughout the city.
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