Man with stage-4 cancer fights to stay in NYCHA apartment

Описание: A Brooklyn man with stage-four cancer faces eviction from his New York City Housing Authority apartment, and city lawmakers and activists are fighting to prevent him from losing his home.

William Sanchez, age 64, has been battling stage-four liver cancer and throat cancer for months.

"I get up and say, 'God, why am I still living?' You know? because it's frustrating," he said.

At the same time, Sanchez, a resident of the Woodson Houses in Brownsville, has been battling NYCHA. In 2015, he moved into the apartment to help his ailing mother.

After she died, NYCHA, for a variety of procedural and policy reasons, issued eviction notices, despite the 64-year-old's worsening medical situation.

"I want them to get off my back and let me keep paying my rent and just continue living," he said.

The Legal Aid Council had filed suit for Sanchez in 2017, and he has received multiple extensions to stay.

Rob Nelson has more: https://7ny.tv/323rCJn

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