Adams says technology catches heat-stingy landlords
Beep touts temperature tracking device
Amid the news that a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of tenants of a Brownsville building against the landlord over a lack of heat was a little-noticed development that Borough President Eric Adams said could wind up playing a major role in helping apartment dwellers fight heat-stingy landlords.
Adams announced on Dec. 1 that he is providing $5,000 in funding to allow five multiple-unit buildings in the borough to be equipped with new technology that can determine remotely if a dwelling has heat.
Standing outside an apartment house at 178 Rockaway Parkway in Brownsville, Adams touted a device called Heat Seek NYC, which remotely tracks the temperature of the interior of a building.