NYCHA used appeals to dodge lead findings, records show

NYCHA used appeals to dodge lead findings, records show
New York City Housing Authority officials appealed the results of virtually every positive lead test at their buildings for nearly a decade, figures released late Sunday show. NYCHA challenged 95 percent of the lead orders it received from the city Department of Health between 2010 and 2018. And of the 211 cases it apppealed, DOH…