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NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant, His Daughter and Seven Others Killed in Helicopter Crash
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, 41, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in a helicopter the morning of Sunday, Jan. 26, in Southern California. According to an NBC news report, federal investigators are looking into the cause of this horrific crash that occurred in a remote hillside above Calabasas, California. The …
City Considers Using Drones to Inspect Building Facades After Two Deaths
After the deaths of two pedestrians who were struck by crumbling facades that came loose off buildings, New York City building officials are considering the use of drones to assist with their safety inspections. According to a report in The Real Deal, the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings held a hearing on a …
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Debris from Queens Building Fatally Strikes Pedestrian
A 67-year-old woman died after she was hit by a plywood piece that blew off a Queens building the morning of Jan. 16. According to a report in the New York Daily News, the woman was walking down Main Street near 41st Road in Flushing when she was hit by the thin 3-foot-by-2-foot piece of …
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NYC Building Inspectors Lock Horns with Landlords Over Facade Fixes
Building inspectors are cracking down on hundreds of building owners who have been dragging their feet correcting unsafe-façade citations. The building owners must install scaffolding or face intervention by the city, which would then install its own sidewalk shed. According to Crain’s New York, these enforcement efforts come about a month after a 60-year-old architect …
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Manhattan Pedestrian’s Death Spurs Safety Requirements for Building Facades
New York City has ordered 220 building owners and property managers to take protective steps such as installing sidewalk sheds. The requirement comes just weeks after a woman was killed by a piece of a façade that fell from a 17-story building near Times Square in Manhattan. According to a report in The Wall Street …
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