{"id":693732,"date":"2025-10-08T23:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nychas-bronx-building-collapse-and-public-housings-disastrous-disrepair\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T23:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:15:12","slug":"nychas-bronx-building-collapse-and-public-housings-disastrous-disrepair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nychas-bronx-building-collapse-and-public-housings-disastrous-disrepair\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCHA&#8217;s Bronx building collapse and public housing&#8217;s disastrous disrepair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d6978ccb53\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d6978ccb53\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nychas-bronx-building-collapse-and-public-housings-disastrous-disrepair\/#%E2%80%9CNYCHAs_Bronx_building_collapse_and_public_housings_disastrous_disrepair%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYCHA&#8217;s Bronx building collapse and public housing&#8217;s disastrous disrepair&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nychas-bronx-building-collapse-and-public-housings-disastrous-disrepair\/#More_FromPost_Editorial_Board\" >More From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYCHAs_Bronx_building_collapse_and_public_housings_disastrous_disrepair%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYCHA&#8217;s Bronx building collapse and public housing&#8217;s disastrous disrepair&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F10%2Fjames-keivom-new-york-post-112560931_0fedaa-e1759342520391.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last week\u2019s near-tragic collapse of a boiler ventilation shaft at a Bronx NYCHA building is emblematic of the decay of the city\u2019s public-housing stock.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse of the 20-story chimney rained bricks down onto the sidewalk and left a gaping hole in the fa\u00e7ade of the Mitchel Houses high-rise \u2014 and another hole in Zohran Mamdani\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s embattled public-housing agency faces a $78 billion repair bill for new roofs, pipes and boilers at its 177 crumbling complexes as it begins another heating season with constant furnace and boiler issues. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/ae07a3726bec0fc91a840dddea9d294c\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The only way forward is the route opened by President Barack Obama: Privatization of public-housing management to allow the necessary repairs and prevent yet more of the horribly-deferred maintenance that\u2019s left so many NYCHA buildings is awful shape. <\/p>\n<p>The city made progress in that front in the de Blasio years; the Adams administration\u2019s latest initiative is a public-private partnership to transform Manhattan\u2019s dilapidated Fulton &amp; Elliott-Chelsea Housing projects and the surrounding neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Mamdani rejects any private-sector role: He wants to sell $100 billion in municipal bonds (including $30 billion already budgeted) to add 200,000 new units of public housing \u2014 more than we have now! \u2014 <em>and <\/em>double city investment in preserving existing projects.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--author inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--underline subsection-heading--underline--indent-30 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_FromPost_Editorial_Board\"><\/span>\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Post Editorial Board<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>He\u2019d need Albany\u2019s OK for that extra $70 billion in bond sales, which would add about $5 billion a year to the city debt-service costs, pushing the total to more than a <em>fifth <\/em>of the annual budget.<\/p>\n<p>Which would surely raise rating-agency alarm bells, and trigger a drop in the city\u2019s bond rating \u2014 forcing it to pay higher interest rates and sending debt-service costs up even more.<\/p>\n<p>Public housing, in short, is one more front where Mamdani\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist ambitions greatly exceed what the city can possibly afford.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t ask which promises he\u2019ll wind up choosing to keep; ask whether he\u2019ll be able to deliver on <em>any<\/em> of them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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