NYC 'Evacuations underway', 'unstable Midtown building'

Tuesday, July 07, 2026

City officials ordered evacuations at multiple buildings Monday after structural damage was discovered at a Midtown high-rise undergoing a residential conversion.

The FDNY responded to 235 E. 42nd St., between Second and Third avenues, just before 8 a.m. after receiving reports of bricks falling from the 38-story building, which is under construction.

According to the FDNY, firefighters determined the bricks fell after two columns inside the building "buckled," causing "sagging" between the 21st and 26th floors.

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BY Spectrum News NY1 Manhattan UPDATED 10:35 AM ET Jul. 07, 2026 PUBLISHED 10:10 AM ET Jul. 07, 2026

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A brick impacting at over 120 mph would make quite an impression.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-07 12:47 PM | Reply

This is what happens when liberals feel peeling paint.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-07 12:52 PM | Reply

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) shows up at crises -- like the recent plane crash at LGA, the nurses strike, the relief center for Venezuela-- or this-- and let's his competent folks take charge while letting us all know he cares. Zohran is a mensch and a vir populorum.

Meanwhile Canadian-Cuban US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Israel) flees inclement weather and demands bodyguards at airports to keep justifiably angry constituents away from him and his gorgon wife.

And disgraced ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Ghouliani (R) was caught spending more time at Yankees games than at Ground Zero after the horrible 9/11 attacks.

Link: www.nyc.gov

In 2025, good-for-no-one US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent bleated that "Zohran Mamdani is the new leader of the Democratic Party."

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-07 06:01 PM | Reply