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Judge Orders Lead Inspections in Public Housing

Jim Walden, a lawyer for public-housing tenants, talks to reporters outside the courthouse in Manhattan as Danny Barber, a tenant leader, held a chart, April 17, 2018. A judge hearing a lawsuit by public-housing tenants ordered the New York City Housing Authority Tuesday to conduct lead inspections in thousands of apartments where young children live. (Kholood Eid/The New York Times)