Update: Reports initially came in on a kitchen explosion at 117 East 57th Street, but the latest news says the "explosion" was falling broken glass and molding most likely due to wind. However, there were reports of jumpers on the 58th Street side of the building, and searches are currently being conducted. There are no reported injuries at this time, and NotifyNYC says to expect street closures in the area. more ›

Months after residents of a Turtle Bay building found their apartments coated in a layer of dust, an environmental testing firm found "highly elevated levels" of a carcinogen inside the E. 47th Street condo tower. A toxic substance found in mortar called crystalline silica got into apartments while laborers did facade work at the L'Ecole building at 212 E. 47th Street, according to an attorney for tenants who have filed suit over the incident. "It was like there had been a snowfall," said Steven Rosenhaus, who suffered breathing trouble and eye irritation after his 20th-floor apartment was blanketed in the the powder. According to the Post, building management has denied any wrongdoing in court documents. more ›

During Monday's blaze at a Bronx high-rise, firefighters came upon the corpse of a man whose throat had been slashed. Donald Holliday, a 53-year-old whom neighbors described as a "loner," had been knifed a dozen times in the chest and slashed across the neck. But was Holliday's killer also responsible for the two-alarm fire? more ›

Almost all of the injuries suffered by tenants in Thursday night's high rise fire on the Lower East Side were preventable and the result of panic and poor decision making by residents. In addition to the 30 firefighters who reported injuries fighting the blaze on Grand St., 16 tenants of the 26 story building were injured--two seriously. FDNY officials say that all of the injuries to the tenants could have been avoided. more ›

The two brothers who fell more than 40 stories from an Upper East Side apartment tower--only one surviving--had an inkling, if not outright concern, that the window washing scaffolding and platform they were using was not safe. A brother-in-law of Alcides and Edgar Moreno said that he talked with one of the brothers the morning of the incident, expressing their concern over the safety of the equipment, which apparently had a history of malfunctioning.The family... more ›