It's 'Groundhog Day' For NYCHA Residents Suffering Through Heat Outages During Arctic Blast

The bone-chilling polar vortex that has transformed much of the Midwest into a dangerous freeze box is now coming for New York City, with temperatures set to plummet tonight and remain in the single digits for much of the next two days. If you're an apartment-dwelling New Yorker whose home isn't sufficiently warm, the city's housing department has promised to hold your landlord accountable. But for the tens of thousands of NYCHA residents who've already gone without heat and hot water this winter, there's little option but to wait and see. [ more › ]

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