The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced today that since the beginning of November, gas service has been restored at Breukelen, Coney Island I (Sites 4 & 5), Bland, East River, Gun Hill, Jefferson, Pomonok, St. Nicholas, Throggs Neck, Wagner, Boston Secor, King Towers, Tilden, Melrose, Queensbridge South, Kingsborough, and Parkside Houses, impacting more than 1,000 households. Since the end of October, NYCHA staff also repaired or replaced more than 5,000 stoves in more than 150 additional developments to date and will continue this effort throughout the holiday season. Additionally, more than 80 staff and volunteers are distributing approximately 9,000 meals to residents with current gas outages or non-working stoves, as well as residents with recently restored gas service or recently repaired or replaced stoves. “NYCHA is grateful to our partners, our staff and our many volunteers who have worked hard this Thanksgiving to ensure residents are able to celebrate with their families,” said NYCHA Interim Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt. “Gas service outages are a matter of safety, but we are doing everything in our power to restore service, repair stoves and distribute food so that no one has to go without for the holiday.” NYCHA began the extraordinary effort to repair or replace as many stoves as possible prior to Thanksgiving on October 27. NYCHA currently has more than 120 Plumbers and Supervisor Plumbers who are fully gas qualified and working on gas restoration and stove replacements; NYCHA also has a Citywide contract for the sole purpose of gas service restoration. Full press release: https://on.nyc.gov/3EWK3oX #Thanksgiving #NYCHAResidents @fund4ph @thenycalliance