Brooklyn building collapse kills 8, and Mayor Mamdani vows sweeps of 100 construction sites

Summary

A three-story apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, and New York City's mayor said on Thursday 12 November that at least eight people had died, the LA Times reported, CBS News writing that 17 others were injured in the collapse in Flatbush and NBC News that two children were among the dead. The building had been perched at the edge of a lot where another one-story building had been torn down for a construction project, and the site was being excavated, according to the LA Times, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said city officials would commence sweeps of 100 construction sites, Bloomberg reported. The Fire Department said the search for victims on Flatbush Avenue was over, while city investigators began looking into an excavation occurring next door, The NY Times reported on Friday 13 November. CBS News reported that the building had 98 open violations, records show, and the Brooklyn district attorney opened a criminal inquiry into the collapse, The NY Times reported, as New York officials, from building inspectors to prosecutors, said they were investigating what caused the building to come crashing down, PBS NewsHour reported. New York City officials expanded the collapse inquiry as families demanded answers, The NY Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, The NY Times writing that the Department of Buildings hired an engineering firm to provide an independent report on the cause and the Inquirer that 18 others were injured.

Latest: New York City officials expanded the inquiry into the Flatbush building collapse as families demanded answers, The NY Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, the Department of Buildings having hired an engineering firm to provide an independent report on its cause, according to The NY Times, after the Brooklyn district attorney opened a criminal inquiry, The NY Times reported, while survivors recalled shock, terror and grief, ABC News reported, and community leaders and residents held a meeting on the collapse, PBS NewsHour reported.

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