Eight people have died and 19 were injured, four critically, after a three-story building collapsed in Flatbush, Brooklyn. New York City has ordered work at the neighboring excavation site to stop and, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, is reviewing about 100 sites where five companies linked to the project operate.
France 24 reported that the 1930 building, which contained four apartments and a ground-floor commercial space, collapsed on Wednesday while workers were digging next door. Search teams ended operations Thursday after finding no further victims.
The wider review also reaches the site's enforcement record. France 24, citing municipal Buildings Department documents reviewed by AFP, reported that the project received an April stop-work order over potentially dangerous demolition conditions. Work later continued, resulting in a $10,000 fine for the company involved.
Those records warrant scrutiny of permits, contractors and enforcement across the construction chain. They do not assign a cause: the city says it has not linked the earlier violations to the collapse. The investigation must still establish the technical cause and any responsibility of the companies, developers or public authorities.
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- France 24 Tous titres · Source date: 2026-11-12
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