She launched into an impassioned speech; demanding to know whether “m-o-n-e-y” was the reason the air conditioning was not on.
Why have residents at 99 Riverside Towers been suffering through the heatwave with no AC?
Senior and disabled residents of 99 Riverside Towers in Medford have been suffering through the early June heatwave in apartments where temperatures have reached 98 and 99 degrees Fahrenheit due to the lack of air conditioning in the 200-unit high rise.
Faces were shiny, and the sweat pooled on the upper lips and foreheads of the elderly men and women who congregated in the lobby Tuesday to discuss the lack of air conditioning with Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn, who was alerted to the problem by residents.
“The heat wave was predicted a week ago,” said Lungo-Koehn. “They still have the heat on; it’s just a matter of flipping a switch, but they have to call someone to change it. They should have been proactive.”
The air conditioning kicked in around 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to management.
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