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An obscure city law requiring self-closing doors in residential buildings is garnering attention in light of this past weekend’s horrific fire in a Bronx apartment tower.
On Jan. 9, a devastating fire engulfed a high rise working-class apartment building in the Bronx. The Twin Parks fire was the most fatal one New York
Federally subsidized housing complexes, many of them owned by for-profit investors, fail to enforce basic safety standards.
The death toll, originally reported as 19, was revised downwards to 17 on Monday. All died from smoke inhalation, a spokesperson for the city's medical examiner said.
NEW YORK (AP)--Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke