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Some evacuations and street closures in effect after NYC building buckles
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- A major apartment building under construction in Manhattan experienced structural issues, including buckled columns and sagging floors, leading to evacuations and street closures due to collapse concerns.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed the building has been stable since Tuesday morning, with temporary shoring installed on floors 18 through 23 and additional supports being added.
- Four nearby buildings, including a school and the Israeli consulate, remain evacuated, and streets around the site are closed as emergency repairs continue.
- The project, the largest office-to-residential conversion in NYC history, involves transforming former Pfizer headquarters into 1,600 housing units by adding stories and redesigning towers.
- The developer stated the building is not at risk of collapse, attributing the damage to added weight from widening the upper floors, and the city will conduct a rigorous safety assessment before work resumes.
