New York Building Collapse: Planning Docs Raised Concerns Ahead of Tragedy

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said sweeps were underway at other sites related to entities linked to the construction site in Brooklyn.

The developers responsible for an excavation site in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn were made aware that the north wall of the neighboring three-story apartment building, which collapsed on Wednesday, was in “poor” condition, according to city records.

A pre-construction inspection found "visible cracks" on three of the building's faces when officials visited in March. The findings have emerged as New York City officials work to understand more about the cause of the collapse, which left eight people dead and 17 injured.

"As I said yesterday evening, a tragedy of this magnitude demands a comprehensive and thorough investigation that includes both the construction site and the building which collapsed," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a press conference Thursday afternoon. "That has already begun, with the Department of Buildings and Law Enforcement leading it.

"We will find out what happened and we will share that information with New Yorkers," Mamdani said. "There are five main entities involved with this construction site who are associated with approximately 100 other sites across the city. Our Department of Buildings is commencing sweeps of those sites today."

The owner of the construction site was identified in city records as a limited liability company run by Robert Fischman and his associates. Fischman had sent a letter to adjoining buildings about the construction, with the phone number on the letter linked to Berkoff Supplies, a hardware store in Brooklyn.

Newsweek reached out to Fischman via the phone number, leaving a voicemail, and an email address associated with the store, but did not receive a response before publication.

The engineer that applied for the excavation permit, LMW Engineering Group, was contacted by email on Thursday morning.

The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) told Newsweek that it issued a stop-work order for the site during the demolition phase on March 20, 2026, after finding that work was happening without…

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