"First, an explosion. Then, a partial building collapse. After a boiler in the central building of the Mitchel Houses' NYCHA campus in the Bronx was turned on Oct. 1, an explosion sent shockwaves up the building's chimney, which collapsed 20 stories to the walking path below. The disaster, which fortunately resulted in no injuries, was a grim reminder of the precarious state of the city's public housing stock, which has a deep backlog of repairs,"
""I could feel my anxiety going off, and I think for a lot of the tenants, when I talk to them, it's the same thing, like it felt like a war zone had come into our homes," said Ramona Ferreyra, who lives in a neighboring building at the Mitchel Houses. While NYCHA and the city investigate what went wrong, tenants and housing experts worry that what happened at Mitchel could happen again."
An Oct. 1 boiler explosion at the Mitchel Houses sent shockwaves up a chimney that collapsed twenty stories onto a walking path, with no injuries reported. The event highlighted the precarious condition of public housing and a large repair backlog affecting nearly 400,000 NYCHA residents. Tenants reported intense anxiety and feared the incident could recur elsewhere in the system. Housing experts warn that deferred maintenance endangers resident health and safety. A City Limits analysis found many developments with similar or worse physical deterioration than Mitchel Houses. Residents are split over remaining in underfunded Section 9 or converting to Section 8 programs that could entail private management.
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