Can NYC Ever Be Lead Free?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 11, 2020

Despite laws on the books for landlords to check apartments for lead, and respond to complaints, thousands of kids a year test positive for elevated lead levels. Christopher Werth, senior editor at the WNYC Narrative Unit, Matthew Chachère, staff lawyer at North Manhattan Improvement Corporation, and  Cordell Cleare, activist in the fight against lead poisoning, talk about the continued fight to get the city to enforce its lead laws.

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