New York building collapse exposes gentrification anger in Black community

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Winston Bowen quietly watched, as New York firefighters looked for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Brooklyn, after a deadly tragedy that he blamed on "careless" developers leading rapid gentrification.

The 54-year-old's assessment was echoed by others who gathered Thursday (all times local) opposite the grim scene in Flatbush, a mostly Black neighborhood, where a three-story building plunged into a neighbouring excavation site.

Investigations have only just begun, but Bowen said he believed the property owners may have cut corners in their plans to construct a nine-story building for apartments and a grocery store.