White Plains, N.Y., Receives Federal Grant to Address Lead Paint

The White Plains, N.Y., Housing Authority will receive $1 million in federal funding to address the hazards of lead-based paint, according to Patch. The funding will come directly from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund program and be used in the actions taken to identify and remediate properties with lead-based paint.

The grant will be specifically used to conduct lead-based paint risk assessments, housing inspections and long-term and temporary abatement measures in public housing.

New York Senator Charles Schumer said that lead poisoning is an irreversible, but preventable tragedy that robs too many children of their future.

"Forty years after the federal government banned the use of lead paint, it remains a danger to the children of the Hudson Valley, so we have to do everything possible to eliminate exposure to it," he said.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said that the investment in the White Plains Housing Authority will help identify and eliminate lead in the homes of some of the area's most vulnerable families.