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Bart M. Schwartz

Bart M. Schwartz

Former NYCHA Federal Monitor

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Notable Quotes

"Even if NYCHA were to immediately receive the $78 billion it says it needs to make necessary capital repairs, it would take years for these repairs to even begin, let alone be completed. Funding is not the worst of NYCHA's problems." — Final monitor report, March 2024

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NYCHA infrastructure crisis

Built World

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