arson

Most of them were set by the landlords. Reasons they set the fires were to get tenants out or for the insurance money on it. the fires in order to get the copper pipes in the buildings, but had to wait fro the fire department to put outthe fires so they can claim them. The fire department also unknowingly helped them retrieve the pipes by knocking the buildings down giving them an easy access to the material. They would then sell the copper pipes in the streets and make a load of profits from them. were happening. As well as the landlords they would burn the buildings to claim some money from public services like welfare. These were most of the reasons arson was happening all over Bushwick.
 * During the late 1970s fires accorded all over **B**ushwick.
 * These fires were also set by vandals. The vandals set
 * The tenants were also one of the reasons fires in Bushwick