Gotbaum Pushes For Bill to Fight Asthma Triggers in NYC Homes

Today, Public Advocate Gotbaum joined Councilmember Rosie Mendez and the Coalition for Asthma-Free Homes to hail a new report documenting how asthma triggers in New Yorkers' homes - combined with a lack of enforceable guidelines to curb them - are contributing greatly to the city's high asthma rates. Gotbaum said:

"This is a clear-cut public health issue. No one with asthma - a group that includes a large number of New York City children - should have to live in an apartment with health hazards like pests and mold. Today's report makes it clear that the current city law has failed to protect New Yorkers from those indoor allergens."

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