NYC Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Safety Crisis

New York City's Department of Buildings has issued multiple stop-work orders and structural reviews for commercial buildings being converted to residential use, following a structural failure at the former Pfizer headquarters on East 42nd Street where steel columns buckled. The incident has prompted citywide safety inspections of similar conversion projects and raised concerns about potential building collapse risks.

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