The lab company that falsely reported high arsenic levels in water samples at Jacob Riis Houses in Manhattan’s East Side was not authorized to work in New York, public housing officials said. NYCHA’s ...

Residents at NYCHA's Jacob Riis Houses are still being told to use bottled water to bathe, cook and drink despite the city saying the lab responsible for detecting arsenic has issued a retraction ...

Any student and enthusiast of New York City’s urban development knows Jacob A. Riis, author of the book How The Other Half Lives. Whether you’re in class, have gone to one of the Tenement Museum’s ...