Residents at Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority properties endure stretch without heat during extreme cold

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Residents at Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority properties have been left without power and heat during a stretch of dangerously cold weather, prompting concerns about conditions in the city’s public housing system.

At the Stuyvesant Apartments on Elmwood Avenue, residents went without electricity and heat for hours this week as wind chills plunged below zero. Jazz, who has lived in the building since 2016, said the outage made sleeping nearly impossible.

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