Some politicians and tenants say they fear lead is putting children at risk in city housing.  NY1's Shannan Ferry filed the following report. 

Monica Corbett hopes no parent experiences what she went through four years ago. She said doctors found high levels of lead in her son Carver's blood.

Corbett suspects lead-based paint at the Pomonok Houses, where she lives, could be to blame.

"The numbers that he had, he had to had be sitting in it, living it, breathing it in all the time," she said. 

After that, Corbett said she hired a private contractor to re-paint her apartment.

The Centers for Disease Control said lead exposure is linked to childhood learning disabilities. Corbett believes that is something her son experienced.

"Certain things that he was doing, his speech was off, his motor skills were off," she said.  

Corbett joined elected officials on Monday to call on the city to get rid of lead paint in all public housing.

City Councilman Rory Lancman is drafting a bill to require lead testing in all New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) apartments with a child under 6. 

"We should not be waiting until a kid tests positive for lead poisoning to go and investigate," he said. 

Lead based paints were banned from use in New York City residential buildings in 1960.  According to an official with the housing authority, the Pomonok Houses were completed in the early 1950s.

But, officials said even before 1960, the city didn't widely use lead-based paint because it was more expensive than other paint. They also said only a small portion of children found to have elevated lead levels between 2010 and 2015 lived in city housing.

At Pomonok Houses, the Department of Health found only one child with elevated lead levels since 2010. Officials said they found no obvious source of lead in the home and the child's health is improving.

NYCHA and the Department of Health tell NY1 in a joint statement: “Lead poisoning in New York City is at a historic low. While one child exposed to lead is too many, NYCHA residents have a far lower likelihood of exposure than residents of private housing. We are committed citywide to ensuring lead levels continue to fall as part of our shared goal of building safer and healthier communities.”