NEW YORK — An apartment building that partially collapsed within the Bronx last year is now flooded after Saturday’s heavy rain.
CBS New York met one resident who has spent all day Sunday throwing out broken pieces.
Tenants at 1915 Billingsley Terrace in Morris Heights can not seem to catch a ruin.
Saturday’s downpour was once simply the newest burden on their plate. The rain got here pouring into the foyer.
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It has simplest been about 4 months since citizens had been pressured out, after the Department of Buildings stated an engineer’s mistake brought about the nook residences to cave in. The incident despatched shockwaves all through the town in regards to the overlook and state of disrepair tenants say the building was once in.
“Very tired. It’s too much. It’s just one thing after the next,” resident Jacqueline Tomlinson stated.
Tomlinson moved again in simplest two months in the past.
“This closet, it was pouring. The water was just pouring from up there and then we had to take everything out,” Tomlinson stated.
Tomlinson confirmed CBS New York a big crack at the ceiling of her closet. On Saturday, it was once the supply of gushing water that soaked all of her pieces she have been saving to make use of since she moved again in.
“I’m not sure yet because I have to wait until they dry out to see if they can work,” Tomlinson stated of her home equipment.
It’s no longer the primary set of things she has misplaced because the cave in came about in December. Tomlinson stated her apartment was once looted when the town positioned a vacate order at the building.
“When I got in here, this place was like madhouse. They went into my bedroom and they tore my bedroom to shreds,” Tomlinson stated. “They stole my laptop. They stole may tablet.”
The Legal Aid Society now says there was contemporary detection of lead mud.
“We have a lot of points where the government interacts with landlords as business owners. We need them to push landlords to do better,” stated Jessica Bellinder, who represents tenants at 1915 Billingsley Terrace.
The Department of Buildings stated it inspected the flooding within the building and decided there was once a damaged glass skylight at the roof. It issued a contravention to the owner for failure to deal with the building.
CBS New York reached out to the owner in regards to the ongoing maintenance legal professionals say he nonetheless must make and we are ready to listen to again.