Month: April 2023

From Foxnews.com:

The New York City street where a parking garage collapsed, killing one person and forcing five others to be rescued from the building, remained closed a day later on Wednesday because investigators have not yet revealed the suspected cause of the building’s sudden collapse by Lower Manhattan’s Financial District, which reportedly had four active violations.

He stated that the building had an ongoing violation since 2003. The buildings commissioner claimed that a request had been made in 2010, but she made no mention of whether the infraction had been fixed. Vilenchik continued, promising further information later on, “There are some active permits on the building, one related to electrical work on the premises.”

In order to determine a potential cause for the collapse, “our engineers deployed and are currently inspecting neighboring buildings and reviewing footage from drone pictures,” the man stated. “We are going to continuously review and research property profiles to understand the history of the building, certificate of occupancy, and all other records, and I will update this information.”

According to the records of the NYC Department of Buildings, the parking garage at 57 Ann Street had 19 violations that were resolved or defaulted on, and another four that were still active and required a certificate of correction. According to WABC, the identical parking structure owned by the Great Neck, New York-based 57 Ann Street Realty Association has 64 infractions with the Department of Buildings dating back to 1976. On Wednesday, Fox News Digital contacted the buildings division to get more information.

Six employees were in the building when the garage collapsed at 4 p.m., a few streets from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge and around half a mile from the New York Stock Exchange, according to FDNY Chief of Operations John Esposito. Four of them were taken to the hospital and were in good health. One individual passed away, and another declined medical help. He described how a few of the concrete slab floors gave way, crushing some of the automobiles inside and delaying operations. The FDNY proceeded to search the cars even after they thought everyone had been located.

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