Share This Article Share PostAmid frigid temperatures, New Yorkers lodged 26,000 311 complaints about lack of heat or hot water over the last week, the most in a seven-day period since 2018. City Limits’ reporter Patrick Spauster spoke to WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show about what landlords are required to provide, and what tenants can do if their heat isn’t working. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)Over the last week, as frigid temperatures gripped the city, New Yorkers lodged 26,000 311 complaints about lack of heat or hot water—the most in a seven-day period since 2018 when a similar cold spell hit, according City Limits’ housing reporter Patrick Spauster. Spauster spoke to WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show Wednesday about what the current extreme weather means for New York City tenants. Last year, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development responded to a record 161,773 unique heat and hot water problems, as City Limits reported in October.