This is a huge accomplishment for the U.S. but something that embarrasses me as a New Yorker is that this is not the case in a lot of the low-income housing in the nation's largest city. 

Back in 2020, I wrote a story about how Mayor Michael Bloomberg blocked legislation that would have forced landlords to inspect and fix lead paint, and deprioritized the issue in NYCHA apartments. 

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/12/michael-bloomberg-has-a-toxic-legacy-on-lead/

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Yeah I mean I think race is closely correlated with class in New York

Low-income, and presumably lots of black and brown families? Environmental racism fueled by neoliberal capitalism at its finest.