My bet is that this is an effort to help some well connected property developers buy these properties for a song.
The remedy is to burn the property and collect the insurance and then leave the burned out hulk
The Homeless did it. There were no police protecting the streets. They burned the place in retribution for comolaining about crapping on the sidewalks.
If the developers names are Trump-related, it will bring a criminal investigation. Schumer, Pelosi or other RAT relatives, not so much.