Progress continues in addressing major gas outage at Yonkers housing complex, according to officials
Nearly a year and a half with no gas. That's the reality for people living in a Yonkers housing complex. But officials say things are moving in the right direction to get things back to normal.
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Nearly a year and a half with no gas. That's the reality for people living in a Yonkers housing complex. But officials say things are moving in the right direction to get things back to normal.
"You change the things you can change. The things you can't change, you accept it," says Sharon, who lives at the Palisade Towers.
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Sharon says there has been a lot of that over the last nearly year and a half at the Palisade Towers housing complex in Yonkers.
She along with her neighbors haven't had gas since August 2024, after a series of leaks were found in a main gas line.
Since then, making food has looked different. Residents have been given hot plates and convection ovens.
Some say they've adapted.
"I've gotten so used to it. It doesn't even affect me," says Palisade Towers resident Rosie.
Others say it has been difficult.
"It's a nightmare, having to cook like this when you have a large family, you can't," says another resident.
Officials with the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers have been working to get things fixed by switching over the utility from gas to electric. News 12 has previously reported how that has taken time and money.
But they say progress is really happening.
"Building 3 is finished and now, they're doing 4 and 5. Basically placing conduits near the windows for each unit to have the necessary capabilities to go all electric," says Yonkers City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy.
Once that's done, new stoves will be put in. The work is expected to go throughout this year.
"This is a huge disruption to the lives of the residents for almost two years now but the housing authority and our partners are doing an amazing job. The residents, we are so fortunate for their patience with us in this process," Collins-Bellamy tells News 12.
