COLD, HARD FACTS

$100M for NYCHA cams – no boilers

Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers set aside $100 million in capital funding to the New York City Housing Authority in 2016, but none of the money was used to replace boilers.

Mayor de Blasio is now talking about the need to replace defective boilers following a deluge of heating complaints from shivering tenants at numerous NYCHA buildings.

Two years ago, de Blasio and Albany instead fought over other uses for the funding.

City Hall wanted the money spent on roof repairs, arguing leaks were causing mold, which could pose health risks.

But at the behest of state lawmakers, the funding went mostly to closed-circuit security cameras and other cosmetic upgrades at NYCHA complexes.

Gregory Floyd, head of the Teamsters local that represents NYCHA workers, said he pushed for more state funding in 2016, and one concern voiced by the governor’s office was NYCHA would waste it.

Cuomo’s office defended the uses for the $100 million in capital funds that excluded boilers, saying the money was intended to supplement NYCHA’s basic capital repair program.

And a spokeswoman for the governor blamed City Hall for the breakdown in heating systems amid the recent cold snap.

“The long-overdue safety improvements that were paid for by the state were made to free up resources for NYCHA to invest in its capital program, and this funding was implemented in such a way to ensure accountability,” said Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever.

“Obviously, NYCHA is still plagued by these same issues of mismanagement,” she said.

Cuomo announced an additional $200 million in funding for NYCHA last April.

Meanwhile, authorities continued to grapple with NYCHA’s heating crisis as an additional three developments and three buildings lost heat by the early afternoon on Tuesday.

That doesn’t count the Patterson Houses in The Bronx, which NYCHA said lost both heat and hot water Sunday — but where residents say the problem started Saturday.

“My daughter woke up and said, ‘Mommy, it’s freezing,’ ” said Latasha McKie, a home health aide whose 4- and 2-year-olds have been walking around the apartment in coats. “Her lips were blue and she was trembling.”

NYCHA spokeswoman Jasmine Blake said Tuesday: “Patterson had an outage Sunday morning that was restored later that afternoon. A separate outage occurred this morning. These incidents involve mobile boilers that have been in place for more than two years and are in need of replacement.”