‘HAVE TO KEEP CLEANING’

Akim Ahmed said his family’s allergies and battles with fatigue have grown along with the mold in their apartment in the Clinton

Houses in East Harlem.

The problem, he said, started in the bathroom and has spread into the halls.

“There’s no avoiding it – you just have to keep cleaning it,” said Ahmed, 25, who is a cashier at his uncle’s store and hopes to start college. He cleans the mold with bleach and ammonia, but is worried the chemicals might be harmful.

“Mold is dangerous, and people know this,” Ahmed said. “And I’m aware of it. So to be told I have to live with it and take care of it myself is pretty annoying.”