Before the law was passed, debate about the proposed inspection process centered around two key issues: the cost of the lead inspections, and whether the city inspectors had the capacity to inspect all high-risk rental properties by 2010.
In the most recent discovery of fraudulent lead inspections, the inspector was not named, but is known to have worked for American Homeowner Services LLC between 2010 and 2014.
In New York, a task force convened last summer by Gov. David A. Paterson is also exploring ways to incorporate lead inspections into requirements for building permits and state assistance, like money for weatherization projects.
In January, Oakland city council members introduced a resolution that would require property owners to obtain lead inspections and safety certifications before renting or selling houses and apartments built before 1978, when lead paint was banned.
Instead, CGR compared results of city lead inspections with the results of subsequent inspections conducted by the county health department as part of case management for an EBL child.
After several years of analysis, public debate, and policy advocacy, in December 2005, the Rochester city council passed an amendment to its housing code that requires lead inspections of rental properties built before 1978 (City of Rochester 2005a).
Both the CGR report and the state comptroller's audit recommend that the city inspections office conduct annual cross-comparisons with health department inspections to identify any patterns of hazards in the homes of EBL children that were not detected during city lead inspections, or treatments that failed to eliminate hazards to children who were subsequently identified as having EBL.
He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals in the natural- and social sciences, held managerial positions in the private industry and served as Senior Adviser to the Chairman at the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) where he led inspection and disarmament efforts on biological weapons in Iraq.
Police in You County, in Hunan Province, also led inspections to track down errant suppliers and mills and to recall any suspect batches.
His remark reflected the tensions that arose between officials who lead the inspection teams and American officials, after officials involved in the inspections in the 1990's disclosed that the United States and Britain had placed some of their intelligence agents in the inspection teams.
