East Harlem Public Housing Tenants Lose Water For Days

EAST HARLEM, NY — Thousands of East Harlem public housing tenants went without water for two full days after a water main broke near the New York City Housing Authority's Taft Houses development, according to the housing agency.

Water service was shut off to nine Taft Houses buildings starting at 9:30 a.m. Sunday when an 8-inch main water supply line ruptured, a NYCHA spokesperson said. Service was restored to six of the buildings, but three Taft Houses buildings — containing 949 tenants — were still without water on Tuesday morning.

NYCHA plumbers isolated the broken water main and are working to repair the pipe and restore water to the three remaining buildings, a NYCHA spokesperson said. The agency set up two water stations for tenants in the development.

The NYCHA spokesperson could not provide and estimate for when service would be restored to the full development.