Thick plumes of noxious black smoke are terr🐠orizing tenants in a luxe apartment building a block from Central Park.
“This impacts the healthꦑ of hundreds of people,” rage🔯d Steven Katsman, a resident of 808 Columbus Ave.
Katsman said that for the p𒉰ast two months, he has been battling the two neighboring apartment buildings — 788 and 792 Columbus — whose chimneys have been belching the offensive gases from their oil-burning boilers.
At its worst, the thick smoke rose from🍎 the chimneys up to seven times in one hour, h🐲e said.
Katsman, his wife Jackie and their 23-month old daughter live in the 29-story building’s penthouse — but they haven’t been enjoy🥃ing it much lately.
“We’re trying to sleep in other places when we can,” said Ja��ckie Katsman, who added she൲’s suffered from a chronic cough, fatigue, nauseousness and headaches for weeks.
The city’s Department of Environmental Protection said that it has inspected theꩲ buildings and that🐼 the smoke is connected to their conversion from oil to natural gas.
As part of the rev𝐆ised city Air Code, No. 6 heating oil — the dirtiest — will be banned after June 30.
The Chetrit Group, the Manhattan development company that owns the smoky build🎃ings and also shelled out $26.5 million for the Hudson Yards site in 201💫2, did not respond to a Post inquiry.
“We don’t live in ✤Afghanistan. How long 💖does it take to fix this?” Katsman asked.