About 26 fiery elderly NYCHA residents are refusing to leave their homes at a Chelsea complex set for demolition — with one warning, “They’re gonna have to knock this building down with me in it.’’
The stubborn seniors in the elderly-only building — one of 17 residential structures comprising the Fulton-Elliot Houses in the center of the hip Manhattan neighborhood — are digging their heels in as the city moves to relocate them to make way for a $1.2 billion project to demolish and rebuild the entire complex.
“I’m not going anywhere!” declared defiant 67-year-old Doris Ruffin, who has lived in the Fulton-Elliot community since 2002.
“They’re gonna have to knock this building down with me in it,” she told The Post…