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Community Board 11 committee approves support letter for 2019 Wallace Avenue residents after fire; residents raise overdevelopment concerns
Summary
The committee voted to forward a support letter asking elected officials and city agencies to intervene on substandard conditions at 2019 Wallace Ave after a Jan. 10, 2025 fire. During public comment residents criticized recent local overdevelopment and asked the board to remain engaged.
Community Board 11's Housing & Land Use Committee voted on Jan. 15 to accept a draft support letter urging elected officials and relevant agencies to intervene on behalf of residents of 2019 Wallace Avenue in the Bronx, who the letter says are living in hazardous, substandard conditions following a Jan. 10, 2025 fire.
Rich Reynoso, the committee co‑chair, read the draft letter to the committee, which asks officials to coordinate inspections and enforcement with agencies named in the draft — including…
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