'Heartbroken': At least 8 dead in Brooklyn building collapse; Mamdani reacts as rescue ops continue

At least eight people have died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, New York City’s mayor said Thursday, as firefighters kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage. The building came down Wednesday afternoon. “There are no words for a loss of this magnitude,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted on X. “My heart is with the families and loved ones of those we have lost, those who are injured and everyone grieving today.”