New York – NYC Public Housing Is Getting Security Cameras

New York – Workers are beginning to install security cameras in a New York City housing project where a 6-year-old boy was stabbed to death.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that 17 cameras will be installed in the Boulevard Houses in Brooklyn by October, if not sooner.

There were no cameras in the building’s elevator where P.J. Avitto was killed and 7-year-old Mikayla Capers was critically injured on June 1. Mikayla was released from the hospital on Wednesday.

Police arrested a suspect days later and are investigating whether he may be involved with other recent stabbings.

Fewer than half the city’s public housing buildings have security cameras. De Blasio has called delays in installing them unacceptable and vowed to hasten the process.