New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

Rosel Labone

heavy. One Killed in New York Scaffolding Collapse by Rosel Labone

One Killed in New York Scaffolding Collapse

On July 14, a wall collapse at a Brooklyn home forced an evacuation of three buildings.

NYC Council Member Ben Kallos responded to the event in a statement on July 17, where he said, “We cannot keep watching bricks fall, scaffolding collapse, injuring and killing New Yorkers.

“These bricks should never have been allowed to deteriorate to the point that they fell and the scaffolding should never have collapsed.

“We must pass a law forcing the inspection of every inch of scaffolding as soon as possible. We must pass a law to require building owners to maintain their buildings or step in as a city and do the work ourselves. My deepest sympathies to the families of those killed and injured in this latest collapse and they have my pledge to keep fighting so no one faces the same threat.”