Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Kei te whare pūngao North Shore Towers tētahi pūngao mana-whaiaro e whakaputa ana i te hiko i runga anō i ngā kamupene hiko ā-rohe, e whai pūngao ana. I kitea tenei i te wa o te New York City Blackout o te tau 1977 i te wa i kore ai te pa katoa i te hiko engari i kitea tonu nga rama i nga North Shore Towers. I te wā o te pōuri o te Raki-rawhiti o te tau 2003
, i haere tonu nga North Shore Towers ki te whakaputa hiko kaore i pa. I hua mai tēnei ki te nui o te pānuitanga pāpāho i runga i te mana motuhake o te cooperative e pā ana ki te pūngao. I muri i te kitenga o tēnei pūrongo rongo mō te kaha o ngā North Shore Towers ki te whakaputa hiko i te wā o te pōuri, ka tukuna e ngā kaitiaki tāke o te taone he pire tāke pūngao ki ngā North Shore Towers me te Penn South co-op i Chelsea, Manhattan. E 1 miriona tāra ia pire tāke, e tohu ana i ngā tāke wahie kāore i utua e 20 tau ki muri, ahakoa e whakaputa ana ngā mahi tahi e rua i a rātau ake hiko. I mahi a Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Councilman David Weprin (D-Queens), ko te Kaunihera a Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), me etahi atu o nga rangatira o te taone ki te whakatau i nga pire taake me te whakakore i nga taake hiko a muri ake nei mo nga kopapa. Katahi ano ka korero te Kaunihera o te Kaunihera a Gifford Miller (D-Manhattan) ko aua mahi tahi "me utu, kaua e whiua mo te whakarato i a raatau ake kaha".