Local Leaders Demand Accountability in Deadly Building Collapse, And What Else Happened This Week in NYC Housing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that the city has identified six “entities” involved in the construction site at 2625 Bedford Ave., and that inspectors are checking roughly 160 other work sites across the city where those companies are also involved.

City officials are promising a full investigation into the cause of the deadly building collapse in Flatbush, Brooklyn, which killed eight people and injured 18 others earlier this week.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that the city has identified six “entities” involved in the construction site at 2625 Bedford Ave., where officials say crews were doing excavation work Wednesday afternoon when the three-story apartment building next door, at 1321 Flatbush Ave., collapsed.

The Department of Buildings (DOB) is now inspecting roughly 160 other construction sites across the city where those six entities are also doing work, according to the mayor—part of a “comprehensive and thorough investigation” into both properties.