While a state and City task force is now investigating the building, it may be too late to preserve these affordable housing units and keep the long-term residents in their homes.
The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.
In her new book "Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City," history professor LaShawn Harris shares the full story of Bumpurs's life and death.