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The New York City Housing Authority Police Department was a law enforcement agency in New York City that existed from 1952 to 1995, which was then merged into the NYPD. The roots of this organization go back to 1934 and the creation of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
Man, 37, killed in NYC apartment fire as woman, child rushed to hospital after blocked fire hydrants slow response: officials Steve Janoski, David Propper February 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
[8] [9] The Bronx fire was also the second major residential fire in the Northeastern United States within a one-week period, occurring four days after a fire in Philadelphia public housing resulted in 12 deaths. [10] [11] Investigators determined that the fire was caused by a defective space heater bursting into flames. Smoke spread through ...
Nineteen people, including 9 children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city's fire commissioner called one of the worst blazes in recent memory. A fire official ...
A luxury high rise apartment building in New York City caught fire Thursday morning. Video captures smoke billowing over Manhattan after apartment building catches fire in NYC Skip to main content
New York City officials determined shortly afterwards that the fire had started as a result of a child playing with stove knobs. [10] In response to the fire, the New York City Council passed several fire safety resolutions focused on self-closing doors, improved fire alarms, and fire-safety awareness for families with children.
A raging two-alarm fire left 15 people injured in an Upper Manhattan apartment building Tuesday morning, reports say. The blaze tore through the first floor of a six-story building West 204th ...
On October 29, 1984, Eleanor Bumpurs was shot and killed by the New York City Police Department (NYPD). The police were present to enforce a city-ordered eviction of Bumpurs, an elderly and disabled African American woman, from her New York Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing unit at 1551 University Avenue (Sedgwick Houses) in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx.