Demolition began Thursday on the Seth Boyden Housing Projects better known to locals as the Dayton Street Houses.
In an exclusive interview, New York City Mayor Eric Adams addresses crime that has plagued the city, and at the heart of it, Asians who are often the victims.The complex received demolition approval in 2014 but due to the lack of funding, it had been standing empty, becoming a target for squatters, illegal dumpers and graffiti."This was our home. We used to slide down this hill when it was snowing," former Seth Boyden resident Mignon Johnson said.
Mayor Baraka and the city of Newark stepped in and offered to extend $4 million towards the demolition in the form of a loan to be repaid from redevelopment proceeds. "The Housing Authority and the Board of Commissioners are grateful to get to this point of the redevelopment process, which would not have been possible without the assistance of Mayor Baraka and the administration," Newark Housing Authority Executive Director Victor Cirilo said.
While the bricks that came down Thursday are a treasure of the glory that has faded, it also points to the future, and that it's not gone forever. "I'm emotional, I am. But if they're doing something new with the foundation, it was a good foundation," former resident Selina Dudley said.
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