Tom: WE CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS IN NEST
JACKSONVILLE.
A COMMUNITY WALK IN
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS TO HEAR
RESIDENTS' CONCERNS TURNS
CHAOTIC WHEN OUR EYE TEAM
CAMERAS ARRIVE.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN'T TOUCH.
THAT IS BATTERY.
Tom: YOU ARE WATCHING
NEWS4JAX AT 6:00.
ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED DURING A
LIVE BROADCAST FROM
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
ONE OF TWO HOUSING COMPLEXES
THE EYE TEAM HAS BEEN
INVESTIGATING FOR MONTHS OVER
DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS.
Mary: NEWS4JAX WAS THERE
TO COVER A CRIME WALK.
TARIK IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT HOW THE APARTMENT BUT
FIRST LINDSAY IS HERE WITH
THE OUTCOME OF THE WALK.
Reporter: WE'VE BEEN
HEARING FROM RESIDENTS AT
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS FOR THE
LAST SEVEN MONTHS WHILE WE
HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING
EUREKA GARDENS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE TOWN OWNED BY THE
GLOBAL MINISTRIES FOUNDATION.
SOME OF THE TENANTS HERE HAVE
CALLED THE EYE TEAM TO SAY
WHY AREN'T YOU COMING UP TO
SHOW OUR HOMES AND WHY ISN'T
THE CITY COMING OUT TO GET US
HELP?
THEY TELL US THEY FELT
INTIMIDATED BY THEIR
MANAGEMENT AND THAT IS WHY
THEY FELT THEY COULDN'T SHARE
THEIR STORY WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD TWO TENANTS TELL US
THAT OUR CAMERAS WERE
WELCOMED.
THEY WERE EXCITED WE WERE BE
HERE BUT AS WE CAME TO COVER
THE CRIME WALK WE WERE MET
WITH THE SAME INTIMIDATION WE
HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT.
WATCH FOR YOURSELF.
YOU CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THAT THE
CAMERA.
HE JUST TOUCHED.
THAT IS BATTERY.
YOU GOING TO TO BE IN TROUBLE
NOW.
Reporter: CONFRONTATION
WITH ARMED PRIVATE SECURITY
GUARDS HIRED BY THE GLOBAL
MINISTRY FOUNDATIONS ALL
WHILE THE EYE TEAM WAS TRYING
TO COVER A CRIME WALK AT
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS BY MAYOR
LENNY CURRY.
HIS GOAL TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR.
TENANTS HAVE TOLD THE EYE
TEAM THEY ARE AFRAID TO TALK
TO THE MEDIA OR EVEN
POSSIBILITY CITY LEADERS FOR
FEAR OF RETALIATION.
LIKE THIS MOTHER OF FOUR.
THEY NEED TO STEP UP THEIR
GAME.
THEY REALLY NEED TO.
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IS
CLEAN AND DON'T DESERVE FOR
THE APARTMENT TO FALL DOWN.
Reporter: SHE WAS' TOO
AFRAID TO SHOW HER FACE BUT
SHE WANTED US TO SEE THE MOLD
IN HER SHOWER AND THE
CLEANING PRODUCTS SHE USES TO
TRY TO GET IT OFF.
THIS MOTHER OF THREE SAYS SHE
IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT MOLD
AFTER HEARING EUREKA GARDENS
HAD 70% OF THEIR UNITS WITH
BOLD SPORES.
-- MOLD SPORES.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF
THERE IS MOLD IN MY UNIT?
Reporter: DO YOU LIKE IT
OUT HERE.
IT'S NOT WHERE YOU WERE
RAISED.
IT'S NOT WHERE YOU WOULD
RAISE CHILDREN BUT WHEN YOU
HAVE NO OPTIONS OTHER THAN TO
BE HERE YOU TRY TO MAKE THE
BEST OF IT.
Reporter: SHE SHE WANTED THE
MEDIA TO TELL THE CITY WHAT
IS REALLY GOING ON.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS WHERE
WOULD OUR HELP BE AT?
SOMEWHERE REGGIE BROWN?
YOU KNOW, WHERE IS -- I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE REGGIE BROWN, YOU
COME OUT HERE AND STAY FOR A
YEAR.
YOU COME OUT HERE.
YOU BRING YOUR FAMILY OUT
HERE.
YOU BEEN KNOWING ABOUT THIS
PROPERTY LOOKING LIKE THIS
FOR OVER 40 YEARS?
Reporter: BRAUN WAS
WALKING COMMUNITY BUT TOLD ME
HE WON'T BE GOING INSIDE ANY
HOMES.
I'M GOING TO WALK.
THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF
WALKING BACK INTO THOSE
APARTMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE
THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY HAS
GONE THROUGH EVERY APPARENT
AND THEY'VE -- APARTMENT AND
THEY'VE TAKEN INVENTORY AS TO
THE --
Reporter: THE MAYOR SAID
THIS IS NOT ABOUT HUD.
G.M. F.OR EVEN CITY LEADERS
AS MUCH IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE
OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND
JACKSONVILLE.
THIS IS A PEOPLE ISSUE.
THIS IS ABOUT MOMS AND DADS
AND CHILDREN AND GRANDMOTHERS
ANDGRAPHERS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS, THIS IS ABOUT THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE SAYING
TO PEOPLE THAT WE CARE ABOUT
YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
THIS IS A BIG CITY.
IT IS A BIG RIFT BUT WE'RE
GOING TO DEAL WITH ONE PERSON
AT A TIME.
THAT IS WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT.
Reporter: THE EYE TEAM
TOLD THAT YOU COUNCILMAN
BROWN, THIS IS HIS DISTRICT
CALLED FOR A MULTIUNIT
INSPECTION OUT HERE AT
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
I DID CONFIRM WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT HE HAS
MADE THAT OFFICIAL REQUEST.
NO WORD YESTERDAY WHEN THAT
MAY HAPPEN.
I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THE C.E.O.OF THE PRIVATE
SECURITY FIRM CAME UP TO
PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT
HIS OFFICER DID ON THE
PROPERTY EARLIER.
WE ALSO SPOKE WITH A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
GLOBAL MINISTRIES FOUNDATION.
SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD
NEVER CONDONE THAT BEHAVIOR
AND SHE ALSO APOLOGIZED.
W.J.X.T.HAS FILED A POLICE
REPORT.
REPORTING LIVE FROM
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS I'M