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Brooklyn building collapse raises questions about city oversight and safety precautions
APTOPIX Brooklyn Building Collapse Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Thousands of building construction projects are underway in New York on any given day. The deadly collapse of a building next to one of those work sites has raised questions about the city's oversight and the safety precautions taken by contractors. While the investigation is ongoing, some New York officials on Friday called for the hiring of more inspectors by the city's Department of Buildings . The probe, meanwhile, is likely to focus not only on the building that fell but on an adjacent excavation site and its contractors, who had faced previous lawsuits and complaints. Eight people were killed Wednesday when the three-story structure containing residential and commercial units in Brooklyn collapsed. It fell into a pit dug by workers excavating the site of another building that was recently demolished. Neighbors had reported feeling vibrations from the construction site, and at least one witness saw bricks falling from the building just moments before it collapsed. Officials cite a shortage of building inspectors Though it remains unclear how often the excavation site had been inspected, some city officials said Friday that more help is needed. The Department of