A Brooklyn Housing Court judge awarded a 100 percent rent abatement to a public housing tenant whose apartment was rendered uninhabitable by Hurricane Sandy.
Cynthia Feliciano, 43, moved into Coney Island Houses with her three children in 2007. She had a recurring problem with soapy waste water backing up into her kitchen sink of her three-bedroom unit since moving in. After Hurricane Sandy hit on Oct. 29, 2014, the problem worsened, with the overflow streaming out of the sink and causing mold that aggravated her son’s asthma.
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