APTOPIX NYC Building Collapse Risk

Workers were expected to begin stabilizing a Manhattan high-rise after buckled columns and sagging floors at the site forced evacuations in and around the midtown construction site. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said late Tuesday that a team had gone floor-by-floor and observed no additional movement of the damaged columns. The office said on-site contractors were given the greenlight to move forward with emergency repairs. The building is a former Pfizer headquarters and is being converted to luxury apartments. Nearby buildings, including a school, were evacuated earlier Tuesday. Builders say the 37-story tower is part of the city’s largest office-to-residential conversion project, with over 1,600 planned units.