Construction workers Brett McEnroe and Roy Powell were killed yesterday after falling 65 feet from the seventh floor of an Upper West Side building they were working on, and Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri says, "We have no evidence in detail that gives us assurance that there were safety measures in place." A stop work order now exists on the property, and the latest complaint cites, "INADEQUATE GUARDRAIL SYSTEM PROVIDED @ SHAFT NW CORNER ROOF, 3&4 FLRS STOP ALL WORK ON ENTIRE SITE COMPLY VIO CONDITIONS." more ›

A young couple in the Bronx died yesterday when they fell off a roof and plummeted six stories where their bodies landed entwined together in the courtyard below. Both police as well as friends and family of Michael Rodriguez, 21, and Melissa Lopez, 19 believe that their death was an accident and not a suicide. But it is unclear exactly why the couple was on the roof of the Parkchester building at 4:30 a.m., miles from where they lived. more ›