The threat of a gas shutdown affecting 827 units at Amalgamated Housing Corp. has seemingly dissolved overnight. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Robert Jackson succeeded in nudging state housing officials to the table Friday, May 5 for a meeting with cooperators, Con Edison, and representatives from the city’s buildings department.
The fatal failure of a building in Lower Manhattan raised questions about the state of parking structures across New York. Records and interviews reveal some answers.
An initial investigation by the building department noted that all three floors of the garage partially or completely collapsed. The garage’s rear wall partially collapsed, and the front facade bulged.