Repairs to gas leak at Yonkers apartment complex continue as tenants adjust to outage | News 12

evening, everyone. And welcome into news 12, I'm Thema Ponton. Thank you for joining us. We begin tonight with frustrated tenants in Yonkers who are still dealing with the fallout. >> After a gas leak left hundreds without hot water or gas for cooking news 12, Carol Wilkinson is at Palisade Towers in Yonkers with the very latest update. And Carol, frustrating is the least I'm sure that these people are. >> That's right. frustrating is a good word to describe what's going on today. Now news cameras are not being allowed onto the property today, but as you know, we have been following this story all week for our viewers. Residents I spoke with today say they are still dealing with the inconvenience as boiler and other repairs continue. >> It's been a long 3 days for those who live in the more than 400 units affected by Wednesday's gas leak at Palisade Towers, Municipal Housing Authority, Complex run by the city of Yonkers. >> There's no hot water. There's no water at all. The showers acting while grateful for all the repair efforts. Hot meals and gift cards provided by the city and local health groups. Some say life here at Palisade Towers has yet to return to normal begun it. unacceptable and very not this is >> Do you? How do you get through I don't I really don't know we're going to get through it. But they need a heavy it up earlier this week, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano promised swift action. >> And help for the hundreds of people who need assistance. >> we're going to get a well. And then, of course, we have fixed a guess so that we can get buildings back up an operation. And that is a process. Meanwhile, those coping with this new normal. >> Are doing what they can to survive the water become an ongoing. So we got to like >> pace But other than that, it is a lot right now that he's alive. >> She it up. She says it's a lot right now. Now all 8 buildings in this complex were affected by the gas leak. And since we've been here, we have seen repair trucks and workers coming and going. But as you heard in the piece, mayor Spano says it's going to be a process. here in Yonkers, Carol, Wilkinson News

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