Former NYCHA Federal Monitor
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Completed five-year monitorship in March 2024
A gas explosion tore through a Bronx high-rise at 12:19 a.m. on January 24, 2026, killing 60-year-old resident Ronald McCallister and injuring 15 others as firefighters who had arrived to investigate a gas odor were caught in the blast. Prosecutors determined the explosion was sparked when Samuel Calderon, 55, who did not live in the building, broke into an apartment and disconnected a stove to steal and sell it, leaving a gas leak that ignited 15 minutes after firefighters arrived on scene. All 148 apartments at Boston Secor Houses in Eastchester were evacuated, displacing over 350 residents who remain in temporary housing six days later.
Updated Jan 30
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