Midtown Skyscraper Buckling Triggers NYC Criminal Inquiry
TL;DR
City investigators opened a preliminary criminal inquiry into what caused columns to buckle in a 37-story Midtown building being converted from offices to apartments; the probe by the NYCDOI and Manhattan DA is in its early stages with targets unclear as workers stabilize the structure and evacuations were carried out.
- Buckling Manhattan High Rise Becomes Focus of Criminal Investigation The New York Times
- NYC buildings evacuated after construction workers find buckling columns in Midtown East; officials warn of possible collapse ABC7 New York
- Damaged Manhattan tower owner to reconstruct 15 floors after evacuation Crain's New York
- Leaning skyscraper where worker died could be left unfinished PIX11
- The near-collapsed Midtown building is now stable, but its finances may not be Gothamist
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