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Thousands of families didn’t have heat or hot water in public housing last winter and Mayor Bill de Blasio promised Thursday that this year will be different.
The Mayor, speaking at Lilian Wald Houses, admitted mistakes were made, but he said there will be massive city wide improvements this year, including 50 new heating technicians, better customer service, robocalls and five new mobile boilers.
