97-year-old woman says NYCHA apartment infested with mice
News 12's Lindsay Tanney speaks with concerned tenants.
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A 97-year-old woman says her NYCHA apartment on Dewey Avenue is infested with mice.
Claire Cullen, who has been living in the building for over 65 years, says there are bite marks in the rubber underneath the door.
Cullen’s son Michael says the mice are getting in through cracks between the floor and the door.
They say NYCHA has not helped, other than putting a flat threshold between the door and floor.
Michael says that did not help the problem, and they need an elevated threshold to close the gap and keep the mice out.
“You have to have traps, sprays, whatever they want to put, let them do whatever to clean them out,” Cullen said.
Michael said there are currently seven mice traps in the apartment. He’s had to get rid of close to 10 mice so far, and he doesn’t know how much longer he can put up with the burden.
News 12 reached out to NYCHA, and while News 12 was there, the building’s super showed up to take a look. He said he will seal the door and fix this problem.
