 The mailboxes have not been functioning for a good number of months, creating the inconvenience of forcing residents from multiple floors of the complex to go to the local post office to collect their mail.The falsely certified lead based paint inspections throughout the building in 2015, the city has been forced to reinvest billions into all of the housing projects of New York including the Pink Houses which had 582 current work orders, and 92 outstanding department of building violations in 2015.Following the police killing of unarmed Pink Houses resident Akai Gurley in 2014, concerns were raised by city officials regarding NYCHA's practices citing chronic problems in the Pink Houses and other developments including broken windows and burned-out light bulbs as being deemed "maintenance repairs" rather than "emergency repairs" by the agency.