THE CROTON CHRONICLE---RESIDENTS DISPLACED AFTER BARI MANOR FIRE SAY MANAGEMENT AND OWNERS ARE DOING LITTLE OR NOTHING TO HELP THEM

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Residents displaced after Bari Manor fire say management and owners are doing little or nothing to help them.

One tenant had her June rent deducted from her bank account despite having no access to her damaged apartment. Affected residents say they are traumatized by the experience.

6/11/2025

When a fire apparently caused by a faulty hot water heater tore through several Bari Manor Apartments on May 25, help for the 15 displaced residents came swiftly from several directions. The Croton-Harmon Fire Department and other emergency crews were quickly on the scene, the American Red Cross set up a station at the high school across the street, and Croton Trustee Nora Nicholson immediately launched a GoFundMe campaign to help the tenants (donations are up to $5,590 as we write.)

And early in June, leaders of the Lions Club presented checks to three of the residents most affected by the fire and the loss of their living spaces. Their situation was also reported in an update on the GoFundMe page:

3 Families that were displaced are now back living in their apartments.

3 Other Families are not longer able to inhabit their apartments due to fire damage

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