“Displacement following a fire or a structural emergency in your home is one of the most disruptive experiences a family can have,” said Bronx Councilmember Pierina Ana Sanchez, who sponsored…
A housing complex in Melrose has emerged as a new home for dozens of tenants displaced by January’s deadly Bronx fire. At least 29 households have so far signed leases…
‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to…
The Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 17 people Sunday has also left more than 100 families homeless, in some cases with no clear timeline for a return to…
Tenants say they fear the property owners are waging a war of attrition, waiting the renters out until they give up, move on and forfeit the rent-regulated apartments.
Tenants of a rent-stabilized building testified in Brooklyn housing court after filing a lawsuit against their landlord and the city’s housing department over what they allege were a lack of…
Neighbors and activists have worried for months that the building was a canary in the coal mine—a harbinger of developers taking advantage of out-of-date zoning in their community.