🔸Evacuation of a skyscraper in New York after risk of collapse A 37-story building under renovation in New York was evacuated due to the risk of collapse. Police and the fire department said the area around the building has been widely cordoned off. Zehraan Mamdani, the mayor of New York, said at a press conference: “Two load-bearing columns are bent; in addition, several cracks and settlement have also been observed in the ceilings.” The building is the former headquarters of Pfizer at 42nd Street, and is now being converted into a residential complex with more than 1,600 apartment units. According to architects, this major project is the largest plan to convert an office building into a residential complex in the history of New York City. Construction operations were supposed to be completed in 2027. Photos taken from inside the building show a bent load-bearing column and also bent steel beams. According to The New York Times, workers captured these images before evacuating the building. The fire department is also using a drone to monitor the situation from outside the building. According to the fire department, shortly before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8 (Tir 17), local time, they received a call reporting the fall of bricks from the building.