Mayor Adams Expands Free Program to Replace Private Lead Water Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods
New York – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has expanded a free program to replace privately-owned water service lines made of lead or galvanized steel at eligible properties in the Bronx and Queens. The program is focused on homeowners who live in environmental justice communities with high concentrations of lead service lines and a median household income of less than $47,600. The work is being done thanks to a total of $48 million in grants and interest-free loans funded in part by the Biden-Harris administration’s federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which earmarked $15 billion to be used nationally for lead service line replacements, and in part by New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s state loan forgiveness program.
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Source: The Office of the Mayor